The Student Interviewer Program in the Office of Admissions at Dickinson College is grounded on the College’s mission to prepare young people as engaged members of society who actively contribute to their communities. In keeping with this purpose, the Student Interviewer Program is designed to provide a highly selective cohort of juniors and seniors with the opportunity to shape the Dickinson community through the admissions process.

The Dickinson Office of Admissions is pleased to announce that nine students have been selected and trained as members of the Student Interviewer Program for 2007-8. We invite you to meet these model Dickinsonians, learn more about their experiences, and read about their most distinct Dickinson moments.

Interviewer

Biography

Elena Allegretti

Hometown:
Silver Spring, Md.

Major:
American Studies

Elena is from Silver Spring, Md., and attended Springbrook High School. In admissions, she is a student interviewer and a member of the Liberty Cap Society. She also participates in the Multi-Organizational Board HUB All-Night committee and is secretary of the Outing Club. She has a passion for her major, American studies, and was able to further her knowledge in the field as a result of her summer internship at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
E-mail: admsi1@dickinson.edu

Shania Boynton

Hometown:
Baltimore, Md.

Major:
Economics

Shania Boynton is from Baltimore, Md., and attended Western Senior High School, the oldest public all-girls high school in the U.S. She is a junior at Dickinson majoring in economics and is heavily involved in campus activities. She is a student interviewer, a member of the Liberty Cap Society, a caller for Phonathon as well as a Resident Adviser for the second year in a row. Shania also is a student worker at the LIS Helpdesk and a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
E-mail: admsi2@dickinson.edu

Valerie Caras

Hometown:
Wilmington, Del.

Major:
Political Science and Religion

Valerie is from Wilmington, Del., and graduated from Sanford School. She is involved with Greek life, and serves as president of her sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta.  Her passion for sports led her to the Carlisle Hellbenders Women’s Rugby Club, where she has been a member since her first year at Dickinson. She also works on the staff of The Dickinsonian, Dickinson’s weekly student newspaper, and serves as an officer for the Class of 2008.
E-mail: admsi4@dickinson.edu

Margaret Graham

Hometown:
Annapolis, Md.

Major:
Sociology

Meg is a senior sociology major from Annapolis, Md.At Dickinson, she is in the Liberty Cap Society, where she as a tour guide, a member of the Executive Committee and chair of the Student Life Committee.  She also enjoys singing in the College Choir and with the Catholic Campus Music Ministry.  Meg takes many opportunities to volunteer in many different capacities. She is a member of Phoenix, a female service organization that helps with Special Olympics and other local youth organizations.   She has taken two trips with the Office of Community Service; one to Pascagoula, Mississippi to do Katrina relief work during the spring break of her sophomore year, and another to Wheeling, W.Va., over Fall Pause this year to do construction work for the local community.  In her first year at Dickinson, Meg studied abroad in Montserrat, an island in the Caribbean devastated by a volcanic eruption. Collaborating with students and faculty, she did sociological and geological fieldwork during the two-week trip.  In her junior year, she spent the fall in Cork, Ireland and the spring in Edinburgh, Scotland.  Meg is glad to be back on campus this year, and is excited to be a student interviewer so that she can share with prospective students the essence of a Dickinson education and make an impact on the class of 2012.
E-mail:admsi5@dickinson.edu

Kendall Hoxsey

Hometown:
Yountville, Ca.

Major:
History and Film Studies Minor

Kendall is from Yountville, Ca., and graduated from Santa Catalina School in Monterey, Ca.. She has been involved in the Liberty Cap Society since her first year and also is now a student interviewer. She is part of the Historical Society and the Film Society at Dickinson. Within her sorority Kappa Alpha Theta, she is the recording secretary. She is also the public relations director for Up ‘til Dawn which raises money for the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. In Fall 2006, Kendall studied at the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland. Her love of history and time spent abroad showed her how much of the world there is to explore. She is very excited for her senior year!
E-mail: admsi6@dickinson.edu

Satomi Nakane

Hometown:
Nagoya, Japan

Major:
International Business and Management; Economics

Satomi is from from Nagoya, Japan and attended Nanzan Kokusai High School.  Since she started playing tennis, she has had an obsession with the sport and now plays on the Dickinson Women’s tennis team.  Besides tennis, she is also involved in a number of activities, especially with the Office of Admissions: She has been a Liberty Cap Society member since her first-year, an intern for Multicultural Recruitment and On-campus activities, and is currently the Liberty Cap Society intern.  Being on the Dickinson campus for the past three years, Satomi has had many encounters with the global aspect of the college--including the number of students she has met and interacted with on a daily basis. Satomi explains that, “It is as if the whole world is in this small community. It has been a truly valuable experience.”
E-mail: admsi3@dickinson.edu

Samuel Rogers

Hometown:
Wayne, Pa.

Major:
Economics and Political Science

Sam is a senior economics major with a political science minor. After graduating from the Episcopal Academy in 2004, he has been involved with a number of activities at Dickinson.  In addition to working at The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues, Sam is a four-year member and current president of Run With It!, Dickinson's improvisational comedy troupe.  He spent the spring semester of junior year studying in Australia, and loved every second of it.  Sam is glad to be back and is greatly looking forward to being a student interviewer this year for the admissions office.
E-mail: admsi7@dickinson.edu

Lisa Wainwright

Hometown:
Reading, Pa.

Major:
Archaeology and Classical Studies

Sarah Wootton

Hometown:
Boonton, N.J.

Major:
Political Science and Economics