Michelle Dimino

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Happy Summer!

5/21/2013

Dear Her Campus Readers,

What can we say but THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! This year has been so amazing for all of us and we are so grateful that you have all helped make Her Campus what it is today.

As the school year comes to a close, we hope you are each proud of both your highs and your lows from these past two semesters, as they are all unique experiences to be learned from and appreciated. We on the HC staff are proud to reflect on what we have achieved this semester, personally and as a team. First and foremost, bringing Her Campus back to Harvard’s campus and building up a great writing and marketing team, and developing content to address areas that are not covered by Harvard’s traditional news sources through our Style Blog, Campus Cutie and Celebrity features, personal blog posts, and health and fitness articles -- earning us Bronze Level Chapter recognition nationally! We had a great time (and hope you did too!) at our first on-campus event, BE YOURS, in celebration of Valentine’s Day, and learned so much from incredibly inspiring panelists at our Women’s Week event, From Passion to Action: Women Entrepreneurs Who Forged Their Own Paths. (Shout-out to G-Chat for being an amazing co-sponsor for both of these events!) We couldn’t have done this without you, and are so grateful to be off to such a great new start here on campus.

Cindy Shih '15

4/23/2013

First, the basics! Tell us a little about yourself -- where are you from, what do you study, and what do you enjoy doing in your free time?  

I’m a proud Californian from sunny Los Angeles and am studying Human Evolutionary Biology and Global Health and Health Policy here at Harvard! I absolutely love anything related to food, nutrition, and health, and in my free time, I love cooking/baking/eating, playing volleyball, rooting for my favorite soccer teams, and watching all of the television shows.

What are some of the extracurricular activities you are involved with on campus?  

I’m Co-Director of the Happiness Project (a student organization dedicated to promoting happiness and decreasing stress on campus), a writer/editor for the Harvard Crimson, and a member of our Undergraduate Council student government. I’m also an active intramural volleyball player and involved in the Harvard Culinary Society, the Harvard University Dining Services Student Advisory Committee, and the Institute of Politics. While extracurriculars take up a huge amount of my time here, I absolutely love everything that I do and am grateful to be able to do them!

What are your plans for this summer?

This summer, I’ll be working at Massachusetts General Hospital in their Nutritional Metabolism program. I’m really excited to experience Boston in the summer time!

What would be your dream job after graduation?

I’d love to work in medicine and health! While I hope to become a medical practitioner in the long run, I’ve also developed a strong interest in public health and health policy and am exploring what opportunities there are in those fields. 

So, tell us about the Happiness Semester Challenge! How did you get involved and what inspired you to spearhead it this year? What has the response been like?

Delara Alameddine '14

4/5/2013

First, the basics! Tell us a little about yourself -- where are you from, what do you study, and what do you enjoy doing in your free time? 

I’m Delara. I’m from all over the place- Canada, Lebanon and Turkey, but my current happy home is Dunster (specifically the dining hall). I study Economics and Government, because I love applying quantitative rigor to solve (or at least understand) the problems of the social sciences. I spend 80% of my free time hanging out with my glorious friends, and 20% vegetating on my futon.

What are some of the extracurricular activities you are involved with on campus?

Extra-curriculars are my life! I’ve been heavily involved in everything from Student Government to Women in Business, but now I focus my efforts on Strong Women, Strong Girls, Delta Gamma, and my House Council. I really can’t spend enough time being inspired by my young girls, or infected with house spirit on Dunster HoCo. I’m so grateful for the leadership opportunities my activities have given me to grow and learn from my brilliant peers.

What would be your dream job after graduation?

My future is still delightfully open. Maybe I’ll go into business, government or non-profit. Whatever I do, I just want to know that I am making a substantive difference in the lives of others. Ideally, I’d like to make change on a macro scale, at a place like the World Bank, a national government, or even a major multinational corporation.

What does female empowerment mean to you?

The Guide to Planning YOUR Ideal Summer

3/28/2013

 

So, it’s nearing April and you’re still not entirely certain what your summer plans are. We know the feeling, and it’s not always a fun one. Take a deep breath and remember that there is still plenty of time to pull together a great summer. What’s most important at this point is to keep in mind that what’s right for your friends and classmates isn’t always what’s right for you--so find out exactly what you’re looking for, and then take initiative and make it happen!

 

The Her Campus - Harvard Guide to Planning YOUR Ideal Summer!

 

Mike Rizzo '14

3/27/2013

Name: Mike Rizzo

Year: 2014

House: Kirkland

Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri

Concentration: Chemical and Physical Biology

Relationship Status: Taken

Describe yourself in three words: Odi et Amo.

Favorite HUDS meal: Do I have to choose? They're all so good!

If you could be a superhero, which one would you be and why? Thor--where the line between gods and superheroes grows hazy, there awesome lies.   

What are you involved with on campus? Project Swim, Allston Mentoring Program--a little this, a little that.

What is your favorite Harvard memory? Sledding down Widener steps in the blizzard.  

What do you look for in a significant other? The whole package.  

What is your best physical trait? If you have to ask, I'm not saying.

Describe your ideal date: You riding shotgun with your hair undone in the front seat of my car.

 

 

Marjorie Lacombe '13

3/9/2013

Marjorie Lacombe '13 is a gifted artist with a true passion for social outreach. Ultimately aspiring to be a global physician and incorporate creative advocacy for health and environmental issues into her career path, Marjorie has combined several of her interests through the founding of I Like Fall, an online resale shop for Harvard students that has taken off in the past year. Marjorie has seen firsthand the challenges and rewards of starting a successful business during her undergraduate years, and has used I Like Fall as a platform to promote social issues of waste reduction, the redefinition of beauty, and the promotion of confidence and positive self-image in college women and men. Read on to learn more about Marjorie's inspirational work here at Harvard, her post-grad plans, and what's up next for I Like Fall. And if you'd like to hear more, come to Her Campus - Harvard, G-Chat, and the Women's Leadership Project's Women's Week event this Sunday, March 10th from 4:30 to 6:00pm in Ticknor Lounge: "From Passion to Action: A Panel Discussion With Women Entrepreneurs Who Forged Their Own Paths", on which Marjorie will be a featured student panelist! 

First, the basics! Tell us a little about yourself -- where are you from, what do you study, and what do you enjoy doing in your free time?

J.T. Menchaca '15

3/7/2013

Name: J.T. Menchaca

Year: 2015

House: Pforzheimer

Hometown: San Antonio, Texas

Concentration: History and Science

Relationship Status: Single

Favorite HUDS meal: Gotta be that Korean Barbecue. 

Describe yourself in three words: Joking, reliable, considerate.

If you could be a superhero, which one would you be and why? Are you saying I'm not a superhero?  I guess my mom has been lying to me this whole time.  I'd have to pick Spider Man.  Besides the fact that he can cruise around New York City on his webs, he's handsome, strong, smart, saves the day, and always gets the girl. 

What are you involved with on campus? A little bit of this and that.  Most of my time is split between playing center-back for the Men's Club Soccer team and singing and acting in various shows around campus.  I also gotta pay the bills, so with the rest of my time I work for the Harvard College Consulting Group and the computer help clinic in the Science Center.  

What is your favorite Harvard memory? Playing all-out tackle football on the Quad Lawn during Nemo earlier this semester.  Soccer is and will always be the real futbol in my heart, but being from southern Texas, snow is pretty new to me and it was perfect for some classic 'Murican football.  

Books, Liquor, and Harvard Square Style

3/5/2013

          Books and liquor -- often two of the more abundant elements of the Harvard undergraduate experience. That "work hard, play hard" attitude resonated with Emily Xie '12 and her roommate, Colin, and became the striking title of the Harvard Square style blog they launched in 2010. The project began organically, with a lifelong passion converted into action. Emily, who hails from a small town in Maine, studied History of Art and Architecture at the College and was the photography director for a campus publication, but decided she wanted to devote more time to one of her major passions: capturing street style through photography. She and her roommate, Colin, with the help of some tech-savvy friends, took those photos viral by launching Books&Liquor, Harvard's only street style blog. I was fortunate to be able to sit down with Emily, now a Harvard graduate working at an art technology start up and living in the Square, and learn more about the blog's inspiration.

Michael Innocenzi '15

2/28/2013

Name: Michael Innocenzi

Year: 2015

House: Currier

Hometown: Franklin Lakes, New Jersey

Concentration: Economics 

Relationship Status: In a relationship

Describe yourself in three words: Curious, fun, motivated 

Favorite HUDS meal: Baked ziti

What are you involved with on campus? Varsity soccer team, comping HIA this term

What is your favorite Harvard memory? Scoring my first goal for the Harvard soccer team. Or first doing primal scream...

What do you look for in a significant other? Someone who can make me laugh and have a good time. Someone who is attractive, but doesn't let that define them. I like someone who has something more and something interesting on the inside. Also, they have to either like cars or soccer.

If you could be a superhero, which one would you be and why? Probably Iron Man, just because he balls out. Maybe Superman, just because he is good at everything. It would be pretty cool to fly.

What would be your ideal date? For me, it would be something related to cars or soccer.  Either going racing for a day or going to a big soccer game and then definitely a romantic dinner at night and seeing where it goes from there.  

 

 

BE YOURS this Valentine's Day!

2/14/2013

 

This Valentine's Day, BE YOURS and celebrate everything wonderful about Y-O-U with Her Campus today! Co-sponsored by G-Chat and the Harvard College Women's Center with the support of Her Campus, BE YOURS (our first on-campus event since our fall re-launch!) will be taking place between 4:30 and 7pm in Ticknor Lounge. We'll have a bunch of free giveaways (including boxers from Paxton 1345 and several thousand samples of UNREAL chocolate) and fun activities (free hugs competition, photo booth, cookie decorating, and a trunk show by I Like Fall) -- you won't want to miss out! We can't wait to see you there!