Alumni update extravaganza!

Sarah Mack - 2017

If you asked me one year ago where I would be in one year I would NEVER say that I would be working for a former NJ Senator. Life has a crazy way of making you think you know what is coming next, but then throwing a wrench in things and pushing you in a whole new direction. 

Learning and Wild Rice and Why

I don’t like when I’m not doing anything. When a was a child, I remember the times I sat at the kitchen table staring at my mom and telling her I was bored. She’d respond with some things I could do and I would eventually find a way to keep myself occupied. Even when I visit home from college, I think my mom gets a little nervous, knowing that she is going to watch me go up and down the stairs and drive here and there to stay busy. When she sees me getting antsy, she says, “It’s okay to just relax you know.” I make the time for that too, but more often than not, I will do what it takes to stay on the move- to feel like I’m learning something and doing something new.

Sharing What You Love

Growing up, I was exposed to a lot of creative activities, my parents were very interested in teaching me how to cook, draw, write, read, sew, etc. When thinking about what I wanted to write for this weeks blog that would focus on my hobbies and how they relate to and inspire my research, I was somewhat stumped on exactly what I woud write about since I have a variety of hobbies and interests. However, when I think back on some of my earliest memories, they always involve homecooked food, or getting to watch my parents prepare to cater a banquet for work.