This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Duke chapter.
Name: Kathryn Benson
Hometown: Blacksburg, Virginia
Year: Sophomore 2018
Major: Disease, Religion & Global Health Policy (Program II)
1. If you could have a lifetime supply of anything, what would it be?
0.38mm pens from Japan (you will understand if you ever encounter these pens)
2. What is your favorite word/phrase to use?
Well flick a penny off an apple pie and strum a banjo
3. What is your weirdest habit?
Constantly grooming my cuticles
4. What is your biggest irrational fear?
Earwigs crawling into my ears at night and eating my brain
5. What is your favorite class that you have taken at Duke?
A class I am actually taking this year. Its called Sickle Cell Disease and it is through the nursing school and taught by one of my incredible advisors, Dr. Royal.
6. What are you most looking forward to in the next week?
Running my marathon!
7. Month?
LDOC
8. Year?
Spending the summer researching cardiovascular disease in rural Uganda
9. For any prospective Blue Devils, why Duke?
Duke has allowed me to meet so many incredible friends. I have never known such passionate, loving, and supportive people.