 ncommon women
on common ground" isn't just a slogan. Consider the varied interests,
backgrounds, and accomplishments of a dozen outstanding women in the class
of 2000 beginning studies at MHC this September.
 Josipa Roksa was valedictorian at Alaska's
Nikiski High School, despite the fact that she could hardly speak English
when she began there. Roksa fled her home in war-torn Croatia, settled with
surrogate parents in Alaska, and obviously adjusted quickly to American academic
life.
Julie Gerstein of Mount Royal, New Jersey, a National Merit Commended
Scholar, wrote, designed, and published her own magazine. These "fanzines"
are an increasingly popular means of self-expression.
Nicole Brown of Lenox Memorial High School
is a gifted writer and a classics and classical languages savant, and has
also raised a flock of twenty-five sheep in rural Massachusetts.
Rosemary Metz began her college studies nearly
twenty years, four children, and one divorce ago. Accepted as a Frances Perkins
Scholar, she contacted National Public Radio's Alex Chadwick, who interviewed
her on Morning Edition and is considering follow-up broadcasts about
her MHC experience. Metz plans to be a critical social thought major.
Reach for the Moon, a book of poems and stories written by Samantha
Abeel of Traverse City (MI) Senior High School, won the International
Reading Association's 1995 Distinguished Book Award.
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Before winning a scholarship to Taft School in
Connecticut, Wendy Gonzáles was first in her class for seven
years at Saint John's Episcopal School in Honduras while concurrently managing
a grocery store.
Kira Hudson's goal is to become a transcultural psychotherapist. The
Edwardsville, Illinois, resident is already active in many community service
organizations, including the Appalachian Service Project.
Ana Budin, an avid show-jumper and riding
instructor, presented her independent scientific research findings at the
first international symposium on horse breeding in her native Croatia.
The crew team should welcome Laura Humphries
of the Sayre School in Lexington, Kentucky. A National Merit Finalist, Laura
spent her junior year in Cambridge, England, and rowed for the Perse School
for Girls' "first women's boat."
Eloise-Rose Lee is the epitome of the all-around
student leader. As a senior at Honolulu's McKinley High School, she was president
of the student body, editor-in-chief of the school paper, and district student
council president. She also received the school's scholar-athlete award for
cross-country and track and field.
A student at the Sacramento (CA) Waldorf School, Rima
Meadow spearheaded a successful fundraiser for a struggling Waldorf School
in South Africa.
National Merit Finalist Madeleine Rowan of
Eugene, Oregon, has researched night roosting patterns of bats, and hopes
to become a research biologist.
... and they did all this before they started at MHC!
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