Real People Profiles: Kelsey Donnellan
We're asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Name: Kelsey Donnellan
Hometown: San Jose, California
Major: Interdisciplinary Studies; Community Health and Nutrition.
A: My favorite spot on campus is the small patch of land behind the big UMBC silo. Where the forest meets the grass, there are wild raspberries free for eating.
Warning- please educate yourself on how to spot a raspberry bush before eating any berries around campus!
Hometown: San Jose, California
Major: Interdisciplinary Studies; Community Health and Nutrition.
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: 3 years.
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: Vice President of Academics, The Garden;
Resident Assistant, Walker Avenue Apartments;
SUCCESS Intern;
URA Scholar 2014-15;
Student Representative, Interdisciplinary Studies Committee.
Resident Assistant, Walker Avenue Apartments;
SUCCESS Intern;
URA Scholar 2014-15;
Student Representative, Interdisciplinary Studies Committee.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: I am an involved leader, student researcher, food activist, and feminist.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I most enjoy creating non-traditional academic roles for UMBC students through The Garden. I firmly believe research does not always take place in a lab and service is not always off campus, but they can co-exist in The Garden. As we open for fall 2014, I am excited to continue working with faculty and students alike!
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: The most important thing I have learned at UMBC is how to effectively create prevention programs for mental health concerns, relationship violence, and sexual assault. Take Back The Night is my favorite day of the year, and I hope more people will attend this upcoming year.
Q: What is one way you have worked with others to make a positive difference at UMBC or in another community?
A: The Garden founders were given the opportunity and money (thanks to Prove It, SGA, and BreakingGround) to turn our academic passions into a physical space benefiting the entire UMBC community. In creating The Garden I worked with students and faculty to create research projects, classes, and independent classes.
We will open for the first time ever fall 2014! [Editor's note: The Garden is now open!] Students, faculty, and staff will be able to gather around a shared need, food. In this space people will be invited to share their cultural dishes, gardening techniques, and food story. This year there are two URA funded studies and three classes alongside various service projects and student organization participation.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: The Garden founders were given the opportunity and money (thanks to Prove It, SGA, and BreakingGround) to turn our academic passions into a physical space benefiting the entire UMBC community. In creating The Garden I worked with students and faculty to create research projects, classes, and independent classes.
We will open for the first time ever fall 2014! [Editor's note: The Garden is now open!] Students, faculty, and staff will be able to gather around a shared need, food. In this space people will be invited to share their cultural dishes, gardening techniques, and food story. This year there are two URA funded studies and three classes alongside various service projects and student organization participation.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Beets.
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
Warning- please educate yourself on how to spot a raspberry bush before eating any berries around campus!
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Posted: September 17, 2014, 9:07 AM