Meet our Campus Cutie, first-year belle, Kelly Burke!
Hometown: Canton, MI
Major: Undecided, but hopefully English Literature
Dream job: #1-Mother #2-Freelance author in Italy
Role models: Mary the Mother of God and my best friend Ally
Favorite spot on campus: either my dorm room or the second floor of Madeleva at the standing tables-it’s very motivating up there
Favorite Notre Dame activity: Carroll Hall Mass (Tuesday nights at 10)
Favorite girls’ night in activity: scrolling through the sale section of Anthropologie’s website, agreeing it’s overpriced, and admiring the style regardless
Best book you’ve ever read: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Favorite Quote: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” -DaVinci
If you were to teach a class, it would be: “How to Cook in a Healthy Way Using What You Already Have in the House”
Favorite Word: I made up a word, “furmuffled.” It means disturbingly disheveled.
Hot beverage of choice: Honey latte with cinnamon
Favorite movie: It’s a tie between The Song of Bernadette and Under the Tuscan Song
Favorite flower: Lavender and peonies
Why you love Saint Mary’s: It is shaping me into the woman I aspire to be.
Advice to our readers: “Do not awaken or stir love until it is ready”-Song of Songs 8:4