Omer Bajwa has been appointed the "Coordinator of Muslim Life" at Yale beginning Fall 2008. Born in Pakistan, Omer emigrated to the United States at the age of three, growing up in Upstate New York. He is presently completing his Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy from Hartford Seminary, and he has been engaged in religious service, social activism, and educational outreach for the past eight years. Before coming to Yale, he served as the Interim Muslim Chaplain at Cornell University from 2007-2008. He received his MA in Near Eastern Studies, with a specialization in Islamic Studies, from Cornell's Department of Near Eastern Studies, where he also served as the Outreach Coordinator. Read up more on our new Muslim Chaplain here.