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oi stly. I want to do everything I’m doing o\ just on a deeper scale and continue to more. Continue to experience. I can’t Hi of any one thing I want to do. That ^ oi trs me. 'sm M Why’d you choose Morehouse? 1 To be honest with you, I’d like to say is Morehouse chose me. The mystic is 0|- ’|e The energy and spirit of this place ■ n ■tal. There’s no shocker that other ^It <le have a similar story, but I literally 50 *e f Morehouse chose me. Not even in a tig leaded sense. I didn’t get an accep- a/i ? letter from Morehouse...Morehouse r me a call one evening asking for [mon- or a commitment fee. They put me on ‘ r lot transferred me to somebody, “sorry ie mishap, but you’re accepted”. Then [transferred me right back to financial Ilaughs] So coming in here technically toffc m probation status really put me into a ?«lj tunnel vision, a real focus like lane, to !rc i /get in. I tried to best that I absolutely M*® J and I did and it was rewarding. m to ili What has God done for you in your life? nufl Every single thing possible. Every- «clB \. He helped me get up these stairs to tel:it own and talk to you. Everything. Ev- ■k/) ling. Everything. I feel like God’s been e>nhy life since I took my first breath on tiim l Earth. My Mama used to read The Bi- everyday when she found out she was slc$| nant. tom Ma, m Gaines, ‘19 raw (etown: Charlotte, North Carolina nr: Business Administration tera er Aspirations: Corporate Sales m e/ij/l Why did you choose to be a business dim nr? IG In high school, I was really involved n-ome business and marketing organi- a:Uns like Future Business Leaders of rica and DECA. So being able to com- \m in different case study competitions ]) it pretty early age, I knew I wanted to be n usiness. « >/ Can you talk about your NSO experi- ! m ? and why you wanted to help others during their NSO? Coming down for NSO, it was almost that moment of truth where I knew that this was not only where I wanted to be but needed to be. This is my first time really being sur rounded by other like-minded individuals of my skin color. SM: What are you looking forward to your senior year and what are you gonna miss the most being that it will be your last time? JG: I’m excited for my senior year to leave my final impact in any way, shape or form. But also being able to just take everything in because I know I’ll never be able to ex perience an environment like this...Just taking advantage of the freedom, taking advantage of the simplicity of things and also the innocence of life right now. Nina Dan ley, ‘19 Hometown: Washington D.C. Major: Philosophy Career Aspirations: Motivator/Pastor SM: Why did you choose philosophy as your major? ND: Philosophy kind of came out of the blue specifically because I came into Spel- man as a Psych major and I took one of the courses and I said ‘This isn’t for me.’ So then I kind of started praying about what it is that I feel like I should do. And I hap pened to go to a panel discussion over at Morehouse and Professor Iliya Davis was on the panel discussion and he said that he was a professor in the philosophy de partment. So then after the panel discus sion I looked online to see what Spelman’s Philosophy Program and I was interested. SM: How’d you get involved with the More house Chapel Assistants Program? ND: One of my Mom’s friends essentially knew about the Morehouse Chapel Assis tants Program and saw that I was inter ested in becoming not only a professor in Philosophy but specifically Christian Phi losophy and then at some point become a pastor. So she pointed me in the direction of the program. SM: In addition to going into education and religion, what’s your ultimate goal? ND: I want to open up a wellness center because I realized how much that is im portant after being at Spelman and have my own fluctuations with weight, different experiences with spirituality and realizing just how much your mind, body and soul are correlated. But I would say that my big gest dream is just to be able to speak in front of millions of people and just inspire them, to motivate them to live their best lives, to essentially live in their purpose and to turn their passion into their careers. Skylar Mitchell ‘19 Hometown: Montgomery County, MD Major: Comparative Women’s Studies SM: Why did you choose Spelman? SM: I chose Spelman to understand my self better; to study and discover in a place where the concept of whiteness doesn’t in terrupt as much. SM: How has Spelman changed you? SM: Spelman has given me the vocabu lary to articulate who I am and who I want to become without adhering to notions of what I’m supposed to be. I’m much more conscious of what I possess and that there are people who will be here to help me develop it. I’m not alone. I have sisters; I have kin, and I’m forever grateful for that. SM: As a rising senior, what do you hope to see change at Morehouse/ Spelman during your last year? SM: Personally, my priority is making sure my stuff is together to graduate and move on to the next phase. Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll be the one to make any drastic organized action during my last year here but I’m really excited to see the place that the AUC continues to becomes. I can only hope that there’ll be more interaction, more intersectionality, and less commodi fication of people’s lived trauma as a trend. SM: What’s been your greatest accomplish ment and why? SM: I felt pretty good when my [New York] Times article came out last year but I would never ever say that’s my “greatest accom plishment.” I hope I’m still building up to whatever it will be. 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