This week’s Campus Celebrity is one of our HC members. Nominated for her incredibly positive attitude and beautiful smile, Alex Byrne is one of the friendliest faces on campus!
What year are you at Saint Mike’s?
“I am a Junior at SMC.”
What’s your major?
“My major is Psychology with a minor in history.”
What do you want to do after you graduate?
“Growing up, when people asked me what I wanted to be, I always replied, “I want to do something that helps people and makes them smile!” Hopefully once I graduate SMC, I’ll go on to grad school and become a Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychologist in order to fulfill my childhood dreams. Fingers crossed!”
What are you involved in at Saint Mike’s?
“I’m involved in many weekly activities with MOVE, a tour guide and blogger for the Founder’s Society, VITA Team Leader, Eucharistic Minister and lector at the 7pm student mass, Student Spirit Committee for the SMC Research Symposium, and Her Campus Vice President of the Editorial Team.”
What’s your favorite quote?
“It would of course be, ‘Woof!’ (Alex’s word for any cute guy she sees!). Just kidding! In all seriousness though, Ralph Waldo Emerson has always been the person I turn to for my favorite quotes. ‘Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful… Welcome beauty in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing’ and ‘To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to leave the world a better place, to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.’”
How do you stay so happy?
“Hahaha what a fantastic question! While I do admit I may have my occasional off day, to me, every day is truly a blessing. I am so unbelievably lucky to be at such an amazing school which has offered me so many opportunities. I’ve had the chance to work with such intelligent and inspiring professors and I have the absolute best SMC friends a girl could ask for. It’s my hope that I can share that with whomever I meet, whether it be a prospective student on one of my tours or someone I pass on my way to class, I always like to give them a hug, a smile, or a kind word, just to let them know how happy I am that they have brightened my life in some way.”