Curious to know what Dickinson students are really like?

In these short Q&As, students fill you in on everything from why they chose Dickinson to their favorite Dining Hall food.


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Student Snapshot: Lilly Zeitlin '21
Meet Lilly Zeitlin ’21, whose interest in studying institutional inequalities led her to conduct original research in India focusing on how urban and industrial development impacts rural communities.
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Student Snapshot: Liam Pauli ’21
"There are so many people here that want to and will help you succeed,” says Liam Pauli ’21, a student-athlete who interned in a local hospital and plans a career in medicine.
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Student Snapshot: Sophie Kivlehan ’21
“I love that I can invest myself in the science I am passionate about, surrounded by supportive professors,” says Sophie Kivlehan ’21, who researches cancer and plays in Dickinson's orchestra.
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Student Snapshot: Kate Erfle '21
Meet Kate Erfle ’21, who's research merging art and math was accepted for publication by an international conference and who created a dynamic intranet site through an immersive internship.
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Student Snapshot: Mohala Kaliebe ’22
Meet Mohala Kaliebe ’22, an English major, tutor, singer and Mermaid Player who will study abroad at Oxford next year.
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Student Snapshot: Patrick Davis ’20
“I saw an opportunity to combine two things I love most: my family and baseball,” says Patrick Davis ’20, who organized an annual baseball game to benefit autism awareness.
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Student Snapshot: Kendra Beaver ’20
As a waste-minimization intern through Dickinson’s Center for Sustainability Education, Kendra Beaver ’20 has learned about sustainability while making an impact.
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Student Snapshot: Shakira Gonzalez Peña ’20
Posse Scholar Shakira Gonzalez Peña ’20 has interned for the D.C. mayor, researched the U.S. census, studied abroad in Spain, helped students register to vote and gotten involved in social causes.
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Student Snapshot: Justina Warnick '20
"Dickinson provided me with the best mentors," says Justina Warnick ’20, who researched neurodegenerative disease and addiction and will attend med school on full scholarship.
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Student Snapshot: Guoxuan “Allan” Chi ’20
Guoxuan "Allan" Chi '20 found his academic niche at the intersection of computer science and psychology. Learn more about his lab internship at UC Berkeley, his perfect study-abroad course and more.
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Dickinson College Student Gives Back as Volunteer Firefighter During Pandemic
Matthew Kness ’21 serves as a volunteer firefighter in New York during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Student Snapshot: Julie Siecinski '21
“There is nothing better than earning what you and your teammates worked so hard to achieve," says Julie Siecinski ’21, an All-American Scholar-Athlete and international business & management major.
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Student Snapshot: Macy Young ’21
Through Dickinson's Washington Center program, Macy Young '21 (law & policy, poly sci) works with the DC Bar Foundation and conducts original research on gentrification in our nation's capitol.
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Student Snapshot: Julia Chandler ’22
Meet Julia Chandler ’22, an English and medieval & early modern studies double major who is one of six students recently accepted into the Mansfield Visiting Student Program at Oxford.
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Student Snapshot: Sam Waltman ’20
Meet Sam Waltman '20, a history and education double major who has earned the Edward W. Pell Graduate Collections Fellowship at Fort Ticonderoga.
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Student Snapshot: Jarred Parrett ’20
After a successful internship last summer, Jarred Parrett ’20, will go straight from Dickinson to NYC, where a software-engineering job awaits him.
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Student Snapshot: Nhi Ly ’22 
An international student from Vietnam, Nhi Ly ’22 (women's, gender & sexuality studies, Chinese) discusses what brought her to Dickinson and the cultural organizations that keep her connected to home.
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Student Snapshot: Abbie Cottle ’20
Archaeology and religion double major Abbie Cottle ’20 discusses the joys of the Keck Archaeology Lab, the overseas trip that inspired her majors, her experiences curating a Trout exhibition and more.
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Student Snapshot: Hannah Findling ’20
Tour guide, equestrian and biology major Hannah Findling ’20 has worked with elephants, snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef, completed gopher tortoise burrow surveys and researched snakes.
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Student Snapshot: James Turner ’20
Find out how all-conference linebacker and ROTC scholar James Turner ’20, has brought together his passions for athletics, history, poetry and education at Dickinson.
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Student Snapshot: Ngan Do '22
Find out why computer science and mathematics major Ngan "Elly" Do '22 says, “being a Dickinsonian ... helps me discover that I am able to do much more than I expect."
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Student Snapshot: Ben Norris '23
From learning Japanese to tackling the rigors of college writing at Dickinson, find out why Ben Norris '23 says, "it’s good to be challenged."
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Student Snapshot: Jacob DeCarli '22
Jacob DeCarli ’22 has already published articles in an Italian-American magazine in two languages. Learn more about how Dickinson is feeding his passions for journalism, languages and world politics.
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Student Snapshot: Brianna Geesaman ’21
Meet Brianna Geesaman ’21, who’s merging business with Italian studies and making the most of her year abroad in Italy by singing in the university choir, tutoring in English and volunteering.
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Student Snapshot: Matei Mares '21
International business & management major Matei Mares ’21 co-founded a nonprofit that helps international high school students prepare for college in the U.S.
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Student Snapshot: Hannah Youmans ’22
Hannah Youmans ’22, winner of the Metropolitan Opera NCA Encouragement Award, discusses why she chose to major in music and Italian at Dickinson as well as her favorite experiences in and out of class
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Student Snapshot: Abby Duell ’20
Music major Abby Duell '20 says Dickinson has been the perfect place to "pursue music at a high level while also exploring my love of the outdoors and the environment.”
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Student Snapshot: Erik Gomez ’22  
During an internship at Warner Bros., Erik Gomez ’22 provided Spanish translations for the TV show Friends. His ultimate goal: to secure greater Latinx representation in the entertainment industry.
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Student Snapshot: Delaney Koch '20
From exploring seagrass beds and mangrove forests in Turks and Caicos to sharing her experiences as a Global Ambassador, Delaney Koch ’20 is making the most of her Dickinson experience.
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Student Snapshot: Leah Blatt ’22
Dickinson offers Leah Blatt ’22 the rare opportunity to merge professional ballet training and an international business education with the liberal arts.
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Student Snapshot: Larissa Babicz ’20
Meet Larissa Babicz ’20, a bio major, birder, dog trainer and wildlife artist who researches the effects of climate change on birds in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
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Student Snapshot: Espoir DelMain '21
Through global coursework and internships, Espoir DelMain ’21 is learning how to foster lasting, positive social change.
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Student Snapshot: Amanda Baylor ’20
Physics major Amanda Baylor ’20 has participated in student-faculty research that has taken her from Dickinson to Australia as she prepares for a career studying gravitational waves.
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Student Snapshot: Brigette Stickney ’20
“I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to study health in different cultural contexts around the world,” says Brigette Stickney '20, who's working toward a career as a doctor.
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Student Snapshot: Angelo Tarzona ’21
Through coursework, internships and student-faculty research, earth sciences major Angelo Tarzona ’21 is probing the Earth's geologic history to positively impact its future.
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Student Snapshot: Robin Okunowo ’21 
Robin Okunowo '21 is combining her interests in the environment, social justice and ethics, and she’s doing research and fieldwork that will help her combine those interests beyond Dickinson.

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Student Snapshot: Sarah Clancy '20
Sarah Clancy ’20, a champion equestrian and international business & management major, is preparing to make her mark in the world of business and marketing.
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Student Snapshot: Nick Seck ’20
Meet Nick Seck ’20, an RA, volunteer, blogger, student-entrepreneur and individualist who plans to one day work remotely, so he can see all of the counties in the U.S.
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Student Snapshot: Lucille Papile ’21
Lucille Papile ’21 is a published essayist-poet and neuroscience major who plans a career in wilderness therapy. She discusses her love of writing and her favorite experiences at Dickinson so far.
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Student Snapshot: Olin Rhoads ’21
From mathematics to creative writing, Olin Rhoads ’21 is finding ways to nurture all of his multifaceted interests at Dickinson.
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Engineering a Successful Future
Chemistry major Eric Palermo '20 is putting his education into action, researching how to build better broccoli and more sustainable PVC and working in an analytical chemistry lab in Carlisle.
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Swimming in Deep Experience
From double majoring in chemistry and French to competing on the swim team and conducting genetic research into leukemia, Demetria Ruhl ’20 has found room to pursue all of her interests at Dickinson.
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The Will to Achieve
Texas native Odalis Almendarez Pina ’20 traveled a long way to Dickinson, and since coming to campus, she’s traveled even more.
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A 'Once-in-a-lifetime Experience'
Whether he’s on the football field, in class (economics, pre-law) or soaking up all he can learn during a hospital internship, Phil Petrina ’20 gives it his all.

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Stepping Up
As Grace Ingle ’20 sees it, “opportunities abound, but you have to step up and take them.” Find out how this Army War College intern who’s studied abroad twice has done just that at Dickinson.
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The Mind-Body Connection
Meet Michael Murphy ’20, a track-and-field student-athlete majoring in neuroscience who researched telemedicine through an internship at the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.
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Student Snapshot: Muhammad Burhan '21
Muhammad Burhan '21 merges studies in mathematics, computer science, economics and health studies to prepare to solve 21st-century challenges around the world.
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Finding Community
Meet Samantha Walters '22, a Milton Hershey grad and U.S. Army War College intern who's found a caring community at Dickinson.
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Probing the Past
Luke Nicosia ’21 pursues his lifelong passion for history as an archaeology, classical studies and mathematics major.
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Exploring the Americas
Gabriella Farrell ’21 wants to one day improve relations among the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean, and she sees Dickinson as the best place to prepare to do that.