Name: Matt McCarry
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Blue Bell, PA
What you can find Matt doing on campus:
Eucharistic Minister, Club Frisbee, Ruibal (Freshman Year) , Ruibal Leader (Sophomore Year), COV Fellow (Freshman Year), Orientation Counselor, Freshman and Sophomore Class President, Italian National Honors Society, Break Trip to Marion South Carolina, Sophomore Service Learning Community
HC: What school are you in/what is your major?
M: “I am in the business school and majoring in Economics and minoring in Political Science.”
HC: What is the most important piece of advice you told your Freshman as an Orientation Counselor?
M: “The best piece of advice I told all of my freshman was to always dream big and to always chase your goals and aspirations head on in life.”
HC: What are your responsibilities as Class President?
M: “This year as class president I am the co-head of the Public Relations Committee. We try to figure out ways to help promote the other 6 SGA committees, and also to let the school know what exactly Student Government is doing. Our group wants the school to know that the students are who we work for because we all collectively want to make this amazing school even greater. I also am part of the SGA executive board and we meet regularly to discuss the future of the program.”
HC: Where did you go on your break trip and what was the best part of it?
M: “I went to Marion, South Carolina this past spring and the best part by far was working alongside the future owner, Juanita, with so many of my best friends, to help build a house that was one day going to be a home. It was an unexplainable feeling to see the joy in Juanita’s eyes as she saw the walls of her house coming up and her future home coming to life.”
HC: What is your favorite memory so far at Villanova?
M: “My favorite memory so far has to be the Villanova vs. Syracuse game at Wells Fargo when Pinkston had the last second lay in to send the game into overtime – in which we eventually won.”
HC: Three things you couldn’t live without?
M: “My frisbee, my running shoes, and my friends.”
HC: Favorite quote?
M: “Make today the best day of your life.”
HC: Where do you hope to be in 5 years?
M: “In five years I want to be furthering my education in Law School.”
If you want to know more or have any suggestions, visit Matt in the SGA Office on the second floor of Dougherty Hall between 1:30-2:20 on Tuesdays.