MEGAN -[Senior Interviews 6] If I had to describe Megan in one word, it would be driven. Wellesley College is full of smart people. Students at this school are generally very motivated, passionate, and work incredibly hard – I’ve found myself being constantly amazed at how high-achieving my peers are. But Megan is particularly inspiring to me because her drive…
Category: Lia’s Blog Archive
Rita Simone Applewhite Black
RITA – [Senior Interviews 5] Rita Black is the most popular person at Wellesley College. …is one of Rita’s favorite lines. Regardless of what you think about her popularity, though, I don’t think anyone could deny that Rita Black is a force. You can feel her energy and intelligence when you’re with her. She is a force that has pushed…
Anna Skae Page
ANNA – [Senior Interviews 4] At first glance, Anna and I seem very different. At second glance, or at an even deeper third look into our lives…you’ll still think we’re pretty different. But ever since we introduced ourselves in our First Year Mentor group three years ago, Anna and I have clicked. She was one of the very first domestic students…
René Chiao-yu Chan
RENÉ – [Senior Interviews 3] When I first met René during pre-orientation for international students three and a half years ago, I felt an instant comfort knowing she and I had grown up pretty similarly. Our common experiences as “local” students at an international school in East Asia were inextricably linked to one another; we had mutual friends who went…
Dominique Ronanne Steele
DOM – [Senior Interviews 2] Do you have someone in your life that you’re still in disbelief that you know them? Yeah, Dom is more than her, more than him. As I listened to Dom tell me about their life, I stopped taking detailed notes at one point because I was afraid to miss something they said by focusing too…
Why I Came Here, Why I’ll Stay
I’m ready. I’m ready. I’m soooooo reaaaadyyyyyyy!!! for this weekend. but also to keep fighting the necessary fight. I’m taking a break from the Senior Interview Series this week even though we just got started because 1) I have too many thoughts and emotions to sort through, and so do my interviewees, to focus just on ourselves right now, and…
Lamisa Shirin Hossain
LAMISA – [Senior Interviews 1] The first person I’ve interviewed for this project is my friend Lamisa. She and I work together a lot this year as President and Vice President of Slater International Student Organization. We met our first year during pre-orientation and decided our sophomore spring, before both going abroad for a semester, that we’d devote time to Slater…
New Blog Series starting Friday
Slater Culture Show was so successful! I honestly think this was the smoothest, best organized, most fun show I’ve been to/been a part of at Wellesley. The international student organization put so much hard work and time into making this event go so well – I’ll upload pictures from the show when they’re ready. Starting this Friday, I will be…
Purpose. (alt title: dreams from my father)
If I had to pick a theme for the semester so far, it’ll probably be purpose. Last weekend was family and friends weekend, and my Dad who lives in New York came up to Boston for a couple of days. We went out for dinner in the city on Friday, and I had the opportunity to meet some of his colleagues…
Rain is killing my buzz!
A month into classes and it seems like everyone is sick, midterms have somehow started already, and the weather plummeted fast. I caught a cold earlier this week and the combination of staying up way later than I should and not eating too well has kept me in a physical funk this time. (my friend’s dog, blu!) I just can’t believe we went…