A 2011 alumna who now serves as Assoc. Director in W&M Civic & Community Engagement
Read about my undergraduate memories and lessons learned; recaps of programs and adventures with Civic & Community Engagement; reflections on life as an alumna and staff member and my deep love and commitment to William & Mary.
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Building My Own Dumbledore’s Army
Sometimes I picture myself in that moment, except instead of a battle of good and evil, I’m in some sort of academic show-down. All I know is that I’m about to do battle based on the power of my education, and suddenly all of these professors are standing behind me.
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The Hunger Challenge
November 12th through the 16th, The Office of Community Engagement staff as well as students and faculty at W&M participated in the Hunger Challenge. Based on Food Research Action Center’s SNAP Challenge, participants were given a meal budget of $4.31 per day, equivalent to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, the new version of Food…
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You Know That Feeling…
You know that feeling of opening a book you’ve been dying to read. Or even better, the feeling of opening a book you’ve read at least ten times before, but you’re just as eager for the 11th. That moment of knowing that what you’re about to immerse yourself in will be at the same time…
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For the Sophomores
It’s W&M Orientation time which means a campus and staff focused on the incoming students—freshmen mostly—for the next few days. Freshman year, and particularly the early transition to college, deserves a lot of attention and is quite an incredible experience. A year of firsts, new friends and adventures, and lots to figure out. But this…
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I Grew Up Here. Can’t You Tell?
I’m proud of my grown-up accomplishments and the “real-world” life I’m building on this campus, but I am often reminded that at my core I am an alumna, proud to be raised by the Tribe.
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Building & Serving Community with 7 Generations
Want to pet a pony? Meet with K9 Officers? Spend your morning at the Humane Society and an evening with therapy dogs? That’s what I’m going to be doing August 6th-11th on my 7 Generations Pre-Orientation Trip.
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First Love
I wanted to blog-confess my love for William and Mary in part because, well that’s what you do when you’re in love.
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I Will Get Things Done
Learning to meet the demands of William and Mary, however, is what prepared me for the demands of being an Americorps member.
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What Will You Stand Up For?
With Day for Admitted Students coming up this weekend and graduation in about a month, I’ve definitely been thinking a lot about William and Mary’s powerful ability to shape all who come here. Four years from now admitted students who will this weekend be introduced to the Tribe culture, meeting so many amazing individuals and…
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Some Sort of Strange Study Abroad
Always will this be my family, my home, and my pensieve. And maybe one day an owl will drop a scroll in my lap saying I’ve been accepted to return
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My Own Little Soap Box
I recognize that these listservs have become my own personal soapbox to share information, provide a different perspective, and encourage others to engage.
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Once a Sharpie, Always a Sharpie
The Sharpe Program has changed not only my service experience but my William and Mary experience
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We Miss …
To the current William & Mary undergrads and the Class of 2016 that recently gained its first members I say: get to work collecting as many memories as you can. I promise you will cherish them.
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Yet Another Reason I love W&M
“Here you learn as much from students as you do from professors”
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What Do You Mean Our Outfits Aren’t Coordinated?
Both of us stuck to our commitment this morning, but we clearly took different approaches to our non-coordination.
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