We interviewed extraordinary women in 2013. Here, we’ve collected our favorite quotes from their Campus Celebrity features!
Advice for Student Athletes…
Enjoy every moment of what they’re doing right now. I think that in the moment, it might not seem very important what you’re doing, especially when you’re going through the hard part of your season. You know, the lifting, the conditioning. But you have to enjoy every single moment of it because you’ll never get it back.”
-Kelsey Knapp, Head Softball Coach, Spring ’13
On Mission Work…
“I’ve always wanted to go on a mission trip to help others, and when the opportunity arose to go to Guatemala over Spring Break, I couldn’t say no. God put us on this Earth to help each other, and I intend to try to do so for my whole life, even if it isn’t always in the form of a mission trip abroad.”
-Alex Heathcock, Team Member, Chatham Christian Fellowship’s Guatemala Service Trip
On Leadership…
“I am proud of taking on leadership positions….Chatham women initiate and take charge.”
-Amy Chau, HC Chatham Social Media Director
On Media and Society (COM 106)…
“The course discusses the varying views on technology: whether it is a blessing that allows instant connectivity across the globe, or a curse that takes away human authority by convincing people that ‘liking’ a status is enough to make a difference in the world.”
-Shannon Ward, Presenter, Media & Social Change Conference
On Airband…
“As our time approached, the Chatham Bellas held hands in solidarity; no matter what we placed, no matter if we got disqualified, we were going to have an amazing time.”
Catherine Giles, Member of the Chatham Bellas, 2013 Airband Champions
On her Presentation, “Using Social Media to Question Discrimination”…
“My second topic I did individually, and I chose the topic because I have tattoos and have grown up in a family where tattoos are beautiful, artistic, and not a bad thing.”
-Paige Elexis, Presenter, 2013 Media & Social Change Conference
On Researching and Presenting “Cyber-bullying”…
“The thing I enjoyed most was being able to raise awareness of bullying, and for others to help stop it, if he or she would see it happening.”
-Casey Deer, Presenter, Media & Social Change Conference
On Choosing to Major in Occupational Therapy…
“I realized that I have a knack for working with people with disabilities, and I found their optimism in life inspiring. So I decided that instead of working to try and ‘fix what is wrong’ with these people…I would much rather work closely with them to learn to live with their disability, reach their goals, and help them continue to live life to the best of their abilities.”
-Hillary Tamski, Autism Speaks Advocate
On Judaism…
“It’s this beautiful thing that I want to pass on to my children and to extend to whoever I meet and have that impact. And I feel like the most impact I’ve had on any college campus has been here, because everyone makes themselves accessible. Everyone in the faculty and Student Affairs office, they make themselves accessible and you feel like you matter. You really feel like you matter here.”
-Leiba Estrin, President of Chabad on Chatham
On Studying Abroad at Cambridge…
“We woke up at 6 in the morning and climbed a dormant volcano carrying champagne and orange juice, popped mimosas on top of this volcano, and on one side of the volcano was a double rainbow, and on the other side was the sunrise. And here I am, just like, I don’t know what to do. My life is just overcoming me right now, and I don’t know what’s happening. It was a series of events that I couldn’t even fully appreciate in the moment because they were so surreal. I tried to journal about it, but it’s like, how do you put this experience into words?”
-Jenny Schollaert, studied abroad at Cambridge through the University of New Hampshire
On Directing…
I love collaborating with everyone – the cast and the crew – and one of the things I look forward to the most is seeing how everyone develops and grows as a person and as a performer or crew member.
Sarah Weinschenker, Co-Director, Chatham Drama Club’s Production of Chicago
On Chatham…
“By far, I love my Chatham sisters the most. The bond formed with many of the young women, and some of my professors, is one that I will cherish for the rest of my life.”
-Samantha Parish, THATCamp Pittsburgh Creator
On THATCamp Pittsburgh…
“I loved the fact that we were holding both Chatham’s and Pittsburgh’s very first THATCamp, like we were forging our own path. It made the tenets of Chatham’s ‘World Ready Woman’ message really clear to me, and made me feel like I was doing something important and innovative.”
-Aubrey Boothe, Volunteer Coordinator, THATCamp Pittsburgh
On Studying Creative Writing…
“A lot of people will say that trying to get a degree in Creative Writing won’t really serve well in the real world, but I don’t think that’s true at all. Writers are needed, they’re necessary in so many different ways, and you can do so many different things with writing. Writing is a really versatile line of work, and if you love it, you should just go for it.”
Courtney Druzak, Editor, The Minor Bird
On Women in Leadership Roles…
“The biggest piece of advice I have is, just go for it. I mean, you’re always going to have doubts, there are always going to be obstacles to what it is that you want to do, but you just have to do it. You have to get other people passionate about what it is that you’re doing, and in order to do that, you have to be passionate about it. You have to be determined to see it through to the end.”
-Kitoko Chargois, Editor-in-Chief, Communique
On Women Helping Women…
“There is no reason for me to go to a networking event and think that I’m this know-it-all or need to be at the top of a company just because women have to push their way forward. Women should be helping each other.”
-Sara Longo, Co-Founder of ShareCloset
“We should all be helping each other. I mean, the thing that I say a whole lot is, who wants to cross the finish line alone? Maybe some people are happy to do that, but at the risk of sounding cliché, you can’t take it with you. And so if we want to be whole people, which is what I want to be in the business of doing, we have to realize that we are going to die someday. This party has an end, and who do you want to be when you get to the end of it? If you want to be a lonely rich person, have fun, but I would so much rather do this with a friend. I would so much rather get to the end of this and be a happy person.”
Andrea Wetherald, Co-Founder of ShareCloset
“The most rewarding part of my job is the ability to save a life, make the patient smile, and provide excellent patient care as well as emotional support. EMTs see people on their worst day, and we have the ability to make it better.”
Caitlyn Stasny, EMT