Majors: Political science, global studies, French
Minor: Human rights and humanitarian affairs
Hometown: Omaha, NE
What does graduating from Nebraska mean to you?
Honestly, to me it simply means that I did it. Reflecting on my undergrad experience, every time I changed minors to majors or added new majors I didn't know if I would get it all done. I committed to writing a thesis, working multiple jobs, being involved in organizations. And I felt like I was overloading myself each time I added something new. But graduating to me means that I defied my own doubts of myself, and I truly did it while getting everything out of this experience that I could have.
Transformational moments
During the summer before starting my senior year, I interned with the Nebraska State Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyers Project. I spent most mornings of the summer at the Lancaster County courthouse helping attorneys provide representation to people facing eviction. Not only did this confirm to me that pursuing a J.D. was what I was interested in, but it reaffirmed my original commitment to public interest law. I have a strong desire to serve my community, and this internship helped me to remember why I was pursuing my involvements in undergrad--to get me to that point of being able to benefit my community.
Campus involvement
Outreach Coordinator at the UNL Women's Center, Member of the Chancellor's Commission on the Status of Women Student Council, Member of the Phi Sigma Alpha honor society, University Honors Program, Member of the Political Science Student Advisory Board
After graduation
I will continue to be a Husker as I pursue my J.D. at the Nebraska College of Law
The best thing about being a Husker
The community of people who are able to recognize imperfection, and then attempt to better it. The Husker community is one of resilience, and one of people who are consistently fighting to make our campus equitable and always better.
Thank you message
I want to thank all of the French faculty. I have had multiple classes with all of the French faculty, and have always felt welcomed and encouraged by them. I talked about my thesis with most of them, and consistently felt supported by them all through every step of my college career. I had Dr. Schauer as my first French professor (and my last) and she helped to qualm all fears I had of taking my French education farther, in addition to supporting me as an advisor for my thesis. Dr. Frengs took on my thesis project and went through every step along the way with me as encouragingly and supportively as possible. Dr. Peterson was just as supportive despite not being one of my advisors, and she and Dr. Stump always provided an ethic of caring. I always felt like the French faculty cared about me as an individual, not just as a student and it is truly a group of people who I look up to as mentors.
