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Summer Stories: Hannah Russell '15

Welcome back to Summer Stories! This series chronicles the great things our students are doing over summer vacation.

Meet Hannah Russell, a double major in Nutrition and Dietetics and Food Service Management from the class of 2015. Hannah is volunteering as a teacher in Thailand until August, when she'll begin her backpacking trip through Cambodia. We had the chance to ask her a few questions!

Photo Friday: July 18th

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Service at Simmons: Eliza Zimmerman '15

For more than 100 years, we have inspired our students to combine learning with action to create a more just and equitable world. Working closely with nearly 60 community-based organizations, The Scott/Ross Center for Community Service advances this commitment to visionary education and civic engagement.

We had the chance to speak with Eliza Zimmerman, a Nursing major from the class of 2015. Eliza volunteered at More than Words for her service learning project. We asked her a few questions about her experience!

Where are they now? Jessica Deres '12

It's time for 300 The Fenway's latest installment of Where are they now? This series chronicles the amazing things Simmons College women are accomplishing after graduation.

Meet Jessica Deres from the class of 2012. Jessica was a double major in psychology and economics. She currently works as a Training Specialist at the Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts. We got to ask her a few questions about what it's like to work for the Girl Scouts!

Photo Friday: July 11th

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Summer Stories: LaShawn Holloway

Back row from left: Ji Young Moon, Gianna Partee and Maria Cervantes Gonzalez Front row from left: Grace Richardson, Theresa Reinhard and LaShawn Holloway

Welcome back to Summer Stories! This series chronicles the great things our students are doing over summer vacation.

Meet LaShawn Holloway from the class of 2015. LaShawn majors in Sociology and minors in Juvenile Justice & Youth Advocacy and English Literature. She is participating in "The Study of the U.S. Institute on Women's Leadership," more affectionately called the Women Changing the Face of Leadership (WCFL) program, hosted at Simmons as a Richardson Fellow. This five-week program, sponsored by the U.S State Department, brings together 20 women from six African nations and five Simmons students, with the goal of strengthening global awareness and developing future leaders. The women from Africa are all undergraduate students from universities in Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan and Mali.

We had the chance to catch up with her and see how her summer is going!

Photo Friday: July 4th

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Summer Stories: Ahalia Persaud '15

Boulders Beach in Cape Town

Welcome back to Summer Stories! This series chronicles the great things our students are doing over summer vacation.

Meet Ahalia Persaud, a Sociology and Arts Administration major from the class of 2015. Ahalia spent the first part of her summer on a Simmons trip to South Africa where she wrote about the current state of human rights. She is now working two internships in her hometown of Brooklyn, NY.

We had the chance to ask Ahalia a few questions about her summer!

With Comissioner Mohamed Ameermia from the South Africa Human Rights Comission

Photo Friday: June 27th

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Where are they now? Katherine Machnich '13

It's time for 300 The Fenway's latest installment of Where are they now? This series chronicles the amazing things Simmons College women are accomplishing after graduation.

Meet Katherine (Kat) Machnich, a Finance and Marketing double major from the class of 2013. Kat currently works as an Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Analyst within the Relationship Management department at Brown Brothers Harriman in Boston. We had the chance to catch up with her and see what it's like to work in the field of investment banking.