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Major: Secondary Education - English; Comparative Literature Minor: English; Spanish Year: Senior Semesters in Oriana: 7 Hometown: Lancaster, PA Favorite Oriana Memory: Opera Gala with the "Three Little Maids" choralography and homestaying in Lancaster with Dee, John, and Arnie Favorite Quote: "There are two kinds of people in this world: those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better." Randomness: My goal in life is to find out where wind comes from or to wrtie an epic poem consisting of alliterative rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter. 
Major: Economics Minor: Business, Anthropology Year: Senior Semesters in Oriana: 6 Hometown: Glen Mills, PA Favorite Oriana Memory: Ducktaping dresses, "spritely," two hour dinners at West Commons, Exit 44 Favorite Quote: "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward." - Amelia Earhart Randomness: I like to fill my world with the complex and unique--strange foods, quirky people, foreign cultures. Many find this in contradiction with my typically conservative values, but I don't see it that way...I just want my life to be interesting. 
Major: Elementary Education Minor: Theatre Year: Junior Semesters in Oriana: 5 Hometown: Doylestown, Pa Favorite Oriana Memory: sitting on a bus in the middle of nowhere for 4 hours and not getting home til 5am!! Favorite Quote: "Be the change you wish to see in the world" Randomness: I love Oriana! 
Major: Sociology Year: Junior Semesters in Oriana: 5 Hometown: Wappingers Falls, NY Favorite Oriana Memory: Christmas Caroling in the rain Favorite Quote: "Calling someone a nerd is just like saying 'You really like stuff'." Randomness: Was called Goldie Locks in kindergarten 
Major: Music Education (flute) Year: Sophomore Semesters in Oriana: 2 Hometown: Paramus, NJ Favorite Oriana Memory: Singing at the Lancaster Church of the Brethren, everyone was so appreciative! Favorite Quote: "When words fail, music speaks" Randomness: chocolate milk is my favorite! 
Major: Conducting Semesters in Oriana: 3 Hometown: Seoul, South Korea Favorite Oriana Memory: Walking toward the stage from darkness with fabulous girls 
Major: Music Education (flute) Year: Sophomore Semesters in Oriana: 2 Hometown: Doylestown, PA Favorite Oriana Memory: Standing in the back row my first semester even though I'm only 5'3" Favorite Quote: "I'll see you at the double bar!" - Dr. Eleanor Armstrong Randomness: I never throw out a pair of shoes, no matter how beaten up they are! 
Major: Human Development and Family Studies Year: Junior Semesters in Oriana: 5 Hometown: Bourne, MA Favorite Oriana Memory: Walking up and down the stairs a million times at Eisenhower Auditorium Favorite Quote: "Dream as if you'll live forever; live as if you'll die today." Randomness: I love the beach, and my favorite color is pink. 
Major: Bioengineering Minor: Health Policy Administration Year: Junior Semesters in Oriana: 5 Hometown: Selinsgrove, Pa Favorite Oriana Memory: Getting stuck on the bus coming back from York (Sp 08) Favorite Quote: "Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering." Randomness: I love to travel and want to see the world! 
Major: Anthropology Year: 5th yr Senior/ 2 yr grad student Semesters in Oriana: 9 Hometown: Souderton, PA Favorite Oriana Memory: Last year's Lancaster trip & homestaying with John, Dee, and Arnie! Favorite Quote:""Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted." Randomness: I have over 7000 songs in my iTunes. 
Major: Public Relations Minor: Spanish and Business Year: Junior Semesters in Oriana: 5 Hometown: Wyomissing, PA Favorite Oriana Memory: Getting stranded on the broken down bus from York. (not too fun... but memorable definitely) Favorite Quote: "Everything you need to know you learned in kindergarten." Randomness: I went to high school with Taylor Swift :) Major: Human Development & Family Studies Minor: Psychology Year: Senior Semesters in Oriana: 7 Hometown: Springfield Township, PA Favorite Oriana Memory: Penn State York trip - it was frustrating but it made us closer Favorite Quote: "How can I keep from singing when the music fills my soul?" Randomness: I can play both parts of Heart & Soul in evry key with my eyes closed. 
Major: Elementary Education Year: Junior Semesters in Oriana: 2 Hometown: Greensburg, PA Favorite Oriana Memory: Traveling to Lancaster and staying with a host family Favorite Quote: "Let what you love be your escape" Randomness: I can pick things up/pinch people with my toes 
Major: Civil Engineering Minor: Architectural History Year: Senior Semesters in Oriana: 5 Hometown: Berwick, PA Favorite Oriana Memory: ...it happens... Favorite Quote: “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” ~Ellla Fitzgerald~ Randomness: I want to own a lighthouse someday. The Pennsylvania State University ©. All rights reserved. For assistance, contact Webmistress Shelby L. Smith : sls5134@psu.edu. |