UIC Celebrities

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Elliott Minge


By Ceida Elizarraraz
March 14, 2012 - 12:28pm

Her Campus UIC sat down with Elliott Minge, a second year at UIC, and got a little down and personal about his passion and for Politics and his interest in Political Science!  READ MORE

Deanna Grazier


By Ceida Elizzaraz
March 8, 2012 - 12:29pm

 
This week's Campus Celeb is a 20 year old sophomore, living the life in the city! Read all about Deanna Grazier's Q&A with HerCampus UIC! 
 
HC:Deanna, tell us a bit about yourself! Where did you go to high school and what helped you determine your major at UIC?
DG:I went to Downers Grove South high school. I always enjoyed and took a lot
of art classes. I particularly liked this class called Basic Design and
Photography. When I decided to go to UIC, I heard it had a great
Graphic Design program and I was sold. READ MORE

Libbi Standerwick


By Ceida Elizarraraz
February 27, 2012 - 4:11pm

This week’s Her Campus Celebrity is Libbi Standerwick, a blue eyed junior who works at a dental office in Lincoln Park. This celeb is the biggest self-proclaimed Sox fan, enjoys Disney World more than anything (and can’t wait to return), and also delights in a fresh load of laundry. She idolizes runners for their strength, and is an avid volunteer at marathons. Her taste in music revolves around Lil Wayne, and her pastimes include napping, napping, and more napping. She adores making people happy, and of course that’s not difficult with an infectious smile like hers. Check out the photoblog to see some more pictures of Libbi and Little Italy! READ MORE

Rachel Ehrenberg


By Ceida Elizarraraz
February 22, 2012 - 12:30am

This week's Campus Celebrity is Rachel Ehrenberg! Rachel is a second year student at UIC, majoring in Theatre Performance. She recently starred in Tim Blewitt's, Evangeline, a small production here at UIC, and when she's not spending long hours at rehearsal she is busy working at the LA Tan on Taylor (visit her!). This theatre major also enjoys spending quality time with her sorority sisters, her family, and of course her honey boo-boo Rich! READ MORE

Vesna Mitrovic


By Anna Soltysiak
February 20, 2012 - 12:09am

Vesna Mitrovi? is a Communication major, a Philosophy minor and a member of the Serbian Student Organization at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Aside from being a college student, Vesna spends her time fulfilling another role: being an artist.
 
Vesna appreciates all forms of art, but focuses on sketching very realistic drawings, otherwise known as photorealism. She prefers creating objective drawings of scenery and landscapes, but also engages in subjective drawing. Her primary medium is pencil for creating black and white drawings. However, when working on scenery or landscape drawings, she uses colored pencils, watercolor, acrylic and/or oil.
 
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Denise Hernandez


By Ceida Elizarraraz
February 13, 2012 - 1:17am

Denise Hernandez is a Biological Sciences major and an active member of Phi Sigma Sigma national sorority! The former CPC president (Collegiate Panhellenic Council) has done it all as a student participating in undergraduate research, member of the Pre-dental club, Honors College GPPA, and she also lives the life of the first lady of Tau Kappa Epsilon. Denise enjoys long walks on the beach, moonlit strolls, and her TKE beau Ryan Clare. Check out her Valentine's day shoot under the UIC photoblog!  READ MORE

Matthew Sobczak


By Karlynn Rich
January 29, 2012 - 7:34pm

 
Matthew Sobczak is a very ambitious person who has the goal of one day climbing Mount Everest by the age 35. He says, “I mean what's the point of living if you end up dying regretting not fulfilling life's biggest risks, challenges, and rewards? Yeah I have a 1/4 chance of death and high chance of frostbite, I just have to say my personal motto "you only live once, no regrets."
 
Matthew is pursuing degree in Communications. He explains, “I pursued it mainly because I love being creative yet communications allows for a structured environment... and let's be honest I can't do math or science for the life of me, Finance was a bad start.” After graduation, he hopes to get a Public Relations job in Chicago but he says he wouldn’t mind...

Niketha D’Souza


By Karlynn Rich
January 22, 2012 - 11:06pm

 
Niketha D’Souza is majoring in English with a concentration in poetry. She
wants to go to grad school for occupational therapy.  She says, “I
worked in a rehab healthcare facility for seven years starting when I was a
sophomore in high school. I grew fond of being around the disabled
residents and after spending time with some OTs.”  She got the job there thanks to the help of her mom’s friend. Later, she worked with residents in the activity department and assisted in exercise and one-on-one for those residents who were bed ridden. READ MORE

Amanda Lid


By Karlynn Rich
December 12, 2011 - 10:04pm

 
Amanda Lid graduated from UIC in 2008 with a degree in criminal justice and sociology. She would like to work for the federal government, but right now she works for the Oak Lawn/hometown district 123 as an instructional aide.
 
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Eduardo Mujica


By Karlynn Rich
November 28, 2011 - 12:44am

 
Eduardo Mujica is the first in his family to graduate high school and go to college. This May he will graduate with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship. His home town is Belvidere Illinois, which is small town outside Rockford. After college he plans to stay in the Chicago to start his career.
 
Eduardo’s dream is to one day own his own brewery business. When he was old enough, he started to visit breweries. He says, “My interest in home brewing started in college. I became tired of all the light beer that lacked flavor and character.” He plans to get a job in management and save money for his business. He says he first wants to make a business plan before starting his business.
 
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