Animal Interest Club, led by second-years Olivia Van Housen and Codee Vogler, provides a solution to the problem of homesickness, as well as many other opportunities for students to become involved with animals on campus. With more than 50 students signed up for the upcoming…
Despite growing up in Florida, Amanda "Mandy" Parente had never heard of New College prior to applying for the newly created position of health education coordinator. Having accepted the position Parente will now call this previously unknown place her professional home for the foreseeable future.…
B Dorm resident adviser (RA), Palm Court Party thrower, and coordinator for campus engagement are just some of the many hats that alumna Konnie Kruczek ('95) has worn in her 15 years at New College. Kruczek oversees the AmeriCorps VISTA Program that fuels volunteerism on…
February 18, 2015 / Volume XXXVII / Issue I When Michael Tod Edgerton took creative writing courses in college, he did not view the professors and the resources as the most valuable part of his experience. For him, the best part was the community of…
First year Harold Gonzalez, a pre-med AOC from Miami, talked to the Catalyst about his childhood in Central America and Miami, his impressive national chess ranking and his passion for change. Where did you grow up? What was your childhood like? I was born in…
Meghan Walde, one of the new Campus Life Coordinators who was hired over the summer, sat down with the Catalyst and opened up about what it was like growing up in a small farming town known for apples. Walde, who is now a Goldstein resident,…
As Director of Research, Instruction and Outreach Services at the Jane Bancroft Cook Library (JBCL) Caroline Reed pulls from her background as a social worker every day. “People come to you with a need and you show them resources so they can help themselves,” Reed…
