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Tasha
Ammenheuser
Hometown: Thurmont,
MD
Major(s): Health Administration and Policy Program - Public Health
Year: Junior
Favorite Book: The Catcher in the Rye
Favorite Song: "Wheel" by John Mayer
Favorite Quote: "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty." – Mohandas K. Gandhi
Favorite UMBC Memory: Having a snow day! Everyone went sledding using dining hall trays and laundry baskets.
Advice for New UMBC Students: Take advantage of everything the university has to offer, get involved. There are so many organizations to join, so many people to meet, they'll enrich your college experience!
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Stephanie
Battle
Hometown: Prince George's County, MD
Major(s): Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Year: Junior
Favorite Book: Imago
Favorite Song: "4 Minutes" by Madonna and JT
Favorite Quotation: "Eet Mor Chikin" (I love Chick-fil-a)
Favorite UMBC Memory: Santa Claus driving down Poplar Road during Fall Finals Week!
Advice for New UMBC Students: College is the time to find out who you are. Have fun and explore all paths presented to you.
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Hannah
Dier
Hometown: Lutherville,
MD
Major(s):Political Science and Media and Communication Studies
Year: Junior
Favorite Book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Favorite Song: "Don't Stop Believing" by
Journey
Favorite Quotation: "True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness." – Albert Einstein
Favorite UMBC Memory: Quadmania!
Advice for New UMBC Students: Follow the parking policies. If you don't, you'll get a lot of tickets.
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Nikunj
Divecha
Hometown: Towson,
MD
Major(s): Political Science/Financial Economics
Year: Junior
Favorite Book: Harry Potter 6
Favorite Song: "All the Above"
Favorite Quotation: "What we do in this life echoes in eternity."
Favorite UMBC Memory: Move-in sophomore year, it felt good to be back.
Advice for New UMBC Students: Balance is key. |
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Sarah
Fahmy
Hometown: Silver Spring, MD
Major(s): Political Science
Year: Senior
Favorite Book: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Favorite Song: "Feeling Good" by Micheal Buble
Favorite Quotation: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Favorite UMBC Memory: Going with model UN to New York.
Advice for New UMBC Students: Don't be afraid to get involved and explore the campus and clubs! |
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Scott Gautney
Hometown: Thurmont,
MD
Major(s): French
Year: Junior
Favorite Book: Wicked by Gregory
Maguire
Favorite Song: "14th Street" by Rufus Wainwright
Favorite Quotation: "Droit devant soi on ne peut pas aller bien loin" – Le Petit Prince
Favorite UMBC Memory: Being a part of the Musical Theatre Club and having adventures with my friends from the club.
Advice for New UMBC Students: Don't be afraid to go out and make your own memories! This is your time. |
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Allison Isberg
Hometown: Ellicott City,
MD
Major(s): Interdisciplinary Studies- Medieval Linguistics
Year: Junior
Favorite Book: The Silmarillion
Favorite Song: "May It Be" by Enya
Favorite Quotation: "Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve." – JK Rowling
Favorite UMBC Memory: Watching the Men's Basketball team win the America East 2008 Championship game in the RAC.
Advice for New UMBC Students: Don't be afraid to step off the beaten path. If you have a passion for something, go for it.
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Mary Ivory
Hometown: Poolesville,
MD
Major(s): Psychology/Anthropology
Year: Junior
Favorite Book: Night Watch
Favorite Song: "Americana" by the Offspring
Favorite Quotation: "There is only one road to human greatness: through the school of hard knocks" – Einstein
Favorite UMBC Memory: Helping get the word out about SGA elections.
Advice for New UMBC Students: Listen to the stories of people around you, this is such a diverse campus and everyone has something unique to say. Get involved in activities you would never do before but try to keep a good balance of campus life and class life. |
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Raif Karerat
Hometown: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Major(s): English (Communication and Technology)/Psychology
Year: Senior
Favorite Book: The Remains of the Day
Favorite Song: "Wagon Wheel" by Old Crow Medicine Show
Favorite Quotation: "I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind." – Thomas Jefferson
Favorite UMBC Memory: Singing with the UMBC Mama's Boys
Advice for New UMBC Students: Don't be afraid to put yourself out there and try new things, you might end up surprising yourself! |
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Esther
Kim
Hometown: Clarksburg, MD
Major(s): Biological Sciences/MLL - Spanish
Year: Sophomore
Favorite Book: My Sister's Keeper
Favorite Song: "Killing me softly" by Alicia Keys
Favorite Quotation: "Dark matter has a gravitational effect on other objects. You can't see it, you can't feel it, but you can watch something being pulled in its direction." – Brian Fitzgerald in My Sister's Keeper
Favorite UMBC Memory: I was walking with a friend who was playing the zombie game... and she had to hide in the bathroom for a good 30 minutes. I love games that involve the entire campus.
Advice for New UMBC Students: Study hard, but get involved. Be organized when it comes to dates because you will have a lot to remember. |
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Arielle Lambert
Hometown: Vacaville, CA
Major(s): Visual Arts- Animation/English Literature
Year: Sophomore
Favorite Book: Celeste Ascending
Favorite Song: "The End" by Silverstein
Favorite Quotation: "...And the paint ceased to be paint and became magic, just as in the kill blood ceases to be blood and becomes life." – Anne Rice (the Vampire Lestat)
Favorite UMBC Memory: This past winter it had snowed two days prior and the rainfall that morning had turned the snow to ice. That night my friends and I were leaving the basketball game from the RAC and we saw one of those wet floor signs outside. We took it and ran to a hill and we sled for a good hour on the ice. We ended up pretty bruised and scraped up but it was a lot of fun.
Advice for New UMBC Students: When you come to UMBC you are essentially starting a new chapter in your life. You'll still have all of your old friends and hobbies, but don't be afraid to try new things. There are plenty of new experiences waiting for you. Also, try not to let your preconceived notions of how "life" may be, stop you from engaging in new activites, approaching people, and most importanly, of expressing yourself. |
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Justin Lane
Hometown: Baltimore,
MD
Major(s): History/Ancient Studies
Year: Sophomore
Favorite Book: Goodbye to All That
Favorite Song: I have way too many to choose from.
Favorite Quotation: "A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on." – John F. Kennedy
Favorite UMBC Memory: Mama's Boys Acapocalypse
Advice for New UMBC Students: Find your niche, and get involved. Remember to manage your time well. Sleep is not a crutch–it is vital. |
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Jeddalyn Puzon
Hometown: Columbia,
MD
Major(s): Information Systems/Photography
Year: Junior
Favorite Book: The Glass Castle
Favorite Song: "That's All" by Michael Buble
Favorite Quotation: "If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it’s as though I’ve neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up." – Richard Avedon
Favorite UMBC Memory: A lot of FASA related activites... there are just too many! That and of course being a part of the O-team the summer of 2008.
Advice for New UMBC Students: Be proactive. No one is going to spoon-feed you in college. Do as much as you can without being too overwhelmed. There's nothing worse than asking yourself "What if?" after college. |
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Lois Sarfo-Mensah
Hometown: Accra, Ghana
Major(s): Biology/Health Administration and Policy
Year: Sophomore
Favorite Book: The Great Gatsby
Favorite Song: "Lucky" by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat
Favorite Quotation: "Live Life and Let Live"
Favorite UMBC Memory: Fun times in the Commons Lounge
Advice for New UMBC Students: Be open to everything! |
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Maria Satyshur
Hometown: Crofton,
MD
Major(s): Media and Communications/Journalism
Year: Junior
Favorite Book: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Favorite Song: "Boombox" by Lonely Island
Favorite Quotation: "Life is like photography; you develop from the negatives."
Favorite UMBC Memory: Meeting Glenn Martin Schmidt while being an OPA last summer.
Advice for New UMBC Students: Get involved! |
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Megan Schultz
Hometown: Frederick, MD
Major(s): Social Work
Year: Junior
Favorite Book: The Kite Runner
Favorite Song: "Dark Blue" by Jack's Mannequin
Favorite Quotation: "Be the change you seek in the world." –Mahatma Gandhi
Favorite UMBC Memory: I have so many that it is hard to pick just one. One of the best would be sledding after a snow storm with 20 of my friends in a field across the circle. We were all freezing because no one had actual snow clothes, but it was so much fun.
Advice for New UMBC Students: UMBC is what you make it. Enjoy UMBC and what it has to offer you. You will discover that you have a lot to offer UMBC as well. |
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Erica Williams
Hometown: Walkersville, MD
Major(s): Psychology/Social Work
Year: Junior
Favorite Book: The Wind Blows Backward
Favorite Song: "Universally Speaking" by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Favorite Quotation: "There is nothing better than to love and be loved in return" – Victor Hugo
Favorite UMBC Memory: Girl Talk
Advice for New UMBC Students: Get involved and stay focused. |
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Brandon Wright
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Major(s): Media and Communication Studies
Year: Sophomore
Favorite Book: Three Nights In August
Favorite Song: "Consoler of the Lonely" by The Raconteurs
Favorite Quotation: "All it takes is one event or action to turn a simple memory into a moment. When a memory turns into a moment, you know you have something special on your hands that goes down in your mind as one thing that you will hold on to forever."
Favorite UMBC Memory: Karaoke during my first Big Crazy Fun Night and meeting all the people who have helped to make my UMBC experiences memorable.
Advice for New UMBC Students: Stay as organized as possible. Keep a dry erase calendar that has all of your due dates and upcoming events to make sure that you don't overbook yourself or overlook any due dates. It really helped me make things work during my freshman year.
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