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"Create your own story.鈥� That鈥檚 what students are encouraged to do when they get to 91制片厂. Experience as much as they can. Do it all, whatever that may be. An internship. Or two. Community service. Sports. Study abroad. Take an art class. Join a club. Build a life.

Here are a few students who are creating (or have created) their own stories.听

Paige Balcom: Engineering a Global Adventure

When Paige Balcom 鈥�16 was a sophomore, she went to Uganda to work on a potable water听project. That summer, the mechanical engineering major participated in a Fulbright听Summer Institute in Wales, studying its transition from an agrarian economy.

She spent part of her junior year听in an engineering program in Madrid. In September听2015, Balcom traveled to Beijing to attend the Global Grand Challenges Summit, where听engineers discussed some of the world鈥檚 most pressing issues.

And听during the recent winter break, she was in Costa Rica as part of a team exploring听options for creating an aquaponics system to help families in the Central American听country produce both fresh vegetables and fish.

For Paige, studying engineering at 91制片厂 has opened doors around the globe. Wherever you want to go, 91制片厂 can help听get you there. All you have to do is ask.

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Madison Lightfoot: Extracting the Most from 91制片厂听by Giving Her All听

You want to know what busy looks like? Madison Lightfoot '16 will graduate in May with a听double major in social work and women's studies and minors in psychology and race and听ethnicity.听Co-captain of the , Madison helped lead the team to its听third consecutive American East Championship. In addition to practices, games, class听time听and her campus community service, the Michigan native also volunteers with such听national organizations as Net Impact, Dig Pink and Read Across America. Oh, and right听now she鈥檚 studying for the LSAT.听

During her four years here, Madison has been involved with Bring in the Bystander,听Safe Zone and other sexual harassment and rape prevention programs. She also served on听the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and did an internship with 91制片厂's Carsey School听of Public Policy.

Now, maybe it鈥檚 true that you can鈥檛 do it all. But at 91制片厂, you can sure try.

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Cecilia Martins: Finding Community and Creating Change

Cecilia Martins '16 didn鈥檛 set out to attend 91制片厂, but when she failed to feel a connection at her first-choice school, she found herself in the MUB, the Murkland Courtyard, Ham Smith听and the many other places 91制片厂 students call home.

She found a community and fully immersed herself in it, volunteering at the campus ministry and food pantry, serving as chair of two student organizations听and traveling to Washington, DC, and Selma, Alabama, to attend political science and social justice events. She also discovered a major that aligned with her passion for creating change through service and leadership. 听

With graduation just weeks away, she can look back on four years of scholarly and service success. Cecilia found her place here, and through her involvement, she made 91制片厂 a better place. Now she鈥檒l make the world outside of 91制片厂 even better during a 12-month service assignment with City Year.

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Read more about these and other 91制片厂 students听on the website.听