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Bobbie Carroll
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Major/Minor: Elementary Education
Emphasis: English
Year: Sophmore
Interests: Theatre, Graphic Designing, & Writing
Hobbies: Journaling, Scrapbooking, Crocheting/Knitting, & Church
Favorite thing about McKendree/APO: Mckendree is an intimate campus that provides all the comforts of home close to St. Louis. APO is dear to my heart because I am a LEADER. I love to SERVE... and FRIENDSHIP rocks!
Advice/Quote: "True happiness is having a positive attitude in the face of negative circumstances. Be positive. Be happy!" - Me
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Erin Conley
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Major/Minor: Psychology Major, Minor Criminal Justice
Emphasis: Sexual Psychology
Year: Sophomore
Interests: Politics, acting, film-making, cooking, fashion, writing, and reading
Hobbies: I'm somewhat of an activist, so anything that I can do to fight for a cause that I believe in, going to the gym, cooking, road trips, renting movies that no one has ever heard of, taking pictures, and spending time with friends
Favorite thing about McKendree/APO: The opportunity for individual growth as well as growth as a group through brotherhood and service.
Advice/Quote: "Live your life in such a way that you can say 'I wish I hadn't' rather than 'I wish I had.'" Phylis Bishop
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Jeff Dillow
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Major/Minor: Sociology
Year: Junior
Interests/Hobbies: Playing video games, watching football, working on computers, and outdoor stuff
Favorite thing about McKendree/APO: Getting more opportunities to provide service to the community.
Advice/Quote: "Try not. Do or do not... There is no try" - Yoda
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Amanda Englund
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Major/Minor: Occupational Therapy/ Psychology
Emphasis: N/A
Year: Junior
Interests: McK Res Life and APO
Hobbies: Reading, Listening to Music, Understanding more about Autism, & Working with people with Developmental Disabilities.
Favorite thing about McKendree/APO: I love being part of an organization that is focused on Leadership, Friendship, and Service which are three important things in my life.
Advice/Quote: "We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be." May Sarton
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Kelly Knauer
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Major/Minor: Psychology/Gender Studies
Emphasis: I/O Psychology
Year: Junior
Interests: Campus Ministries, APO (of course), & Young Feminists
Hobbies: Reading, Listening to music, Bellydancing,
Drawing, & Painting
Favorite thing about McKendree/APO: You always have someone you can depend on.
Advice/Quote: "Keep a positive attitude, make friends, don't panic, study hard, and make life fun! You only have one life, make the best of every moment."
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Kaitlyne Motl
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Major/Minor: International Relations/Social Work
Emphasis: Too Many!
Year: Junior
Interests: Social justice, Event-planning, being an eternal student
Favorite thing about McKendree: Getting wonderful opportunities to build on "real-world" skills while learning from the top private professors in the midwest.
Favorite thing about APO: Meeting new people in a service-minded environment, and being a part of something bigger than just MCK (think NATIONAL!!!)
Advice/Quote: "We must be the change we wish to see in the world." ~ Mohandas K Gandhi
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Mallory Neisler
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Major/Minor: Business Administration/Speech Communication
Emphasis: N/A
Year: Sophomore
Interests/Hobbies: Reading, Singing, Music in general, Friends, Family, Art, and of course the boyfriend.
Favorite thing about McKendree/APO: I love the size of McKendree, and I love the closeness between the members of APO.
Advice: There's no point in regretting anything. What's done is done.
Quote: "There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it."--George Shaw
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Ashley Nolan
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Major/Minor: Elementary Education / Psychology
Emphasis: N/A
Year: Junior
Interests/Hobbies: Theater, Drawing, Music, Photography, Singing, Reading, Being with my family and friends, sleeping, watching movies , Watching TV (When I can), APO, CAB, and playing CLUE. :-)
Favorite thing about McKendree/APO: At McK I love the small campus and the fact that it is really close to St. Louis. In APO I love the fact that when I joined the organization I didn't know many people but in a really short time I felt like they were a part of my family and I love everyone so dearly.
Advice: "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
Henry David Thoreau
Quote: "When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us."
Helen Keller
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Maggie O'Connor
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Major/Minor:Sociology
Emphasis: Social Work
Year: Freshman
Interests: APO, social justice, and someday Res Life
Hobbies:Listening to music, reading, hanging out with my friends, driving (if I still had a car!), photography
Favorite thing about McKendree/APOThe closeness that we get being a group that isn’t too big.
Advice/Quote:I have so many though! I guess here are my top two:“Saying you love someone isn’t enough, it’s how you treat them that shows your true feelings.” –Ryanne Mace and“Destiny is not a matter of chance but of choice. Not something to wish for but to attain.” -William Jennings Bryan
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Robert Poland
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Major/Minor: Business Management
Year: Sophomore
Hobbies:Playing basketball, hanging out with friends, playing on the computer, watching tv, and sleeping.
Favorite thing about McKendree/APO: It allows me to meet people that I would normally never get the chance to know.
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Jake Smith
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Major/Minor: Biology
Emphasis: Pre-Med
Year: Sophomore
Interests: Food
Hobbies: Making random movie quotes and performing the unexpected.
Favorite thing about McKendree/APO: Never knowing how many tangents will occur.
Advice/Quote: "There is nothing that can't be done, that wouldn't be better at 3am at Denny's."
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Beth Trame
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Major/Minor: Biology
Year: Junior
Interests: I am interested in watching as much tv and playing video games as my schedule will allow.
Hobbies: My hobbies include running, reading, school, and tv.
Favorite thing about McKendree/APO: I love APO because it helps me grow as a well rounded person.
Advice/Quote: To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower. Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour." William Blake.
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Ryan Vincent
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Melissa Wilkinson
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Major/Minor: Psychology
Year: Freshman
Interests/ hobbies: Anatomy/health, APO, astrology, religion, Journalism, Fine Arts, kids, anime, music, the boyfriend, Chinese food, writing, traveling, chess, the occasional video game
Favorite thing about McKendree: the short walk to classes and the awesome teachers and how it's near St. Louis : )
Favorite thing about APO: the friendships and being apart of something very significant!
Advice/Quote: "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." - Hellen Keller
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Amelia Wofford
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Major/Minor: Psychology/Spanish Language & Culture Speech Communication
Emphasis: Counseling
Year: Senior
Interests: Too many, but to narrow it down...I'm interested in anything that is truly genuine until proven otherwise.
Hobbies: Volunteering, APO, CAB, Mentoring, Puzzles (Sudoku, Crosswords, etc.) , Strategy Games, Dancing, Singing, Making people laugh, and Poetry ( Although I don't have time for it).
Favorite thing about McKendree: McKendree is small, but is made up of some bright and creative individuals.
Favorite thing about APO: APO is a small organization (Temporaily) but we're made up of bright and creative BROTHERS!
Advice: Don't be so judgmental and ethnocentric. Realize that you can always accept individuals as they are, but that doesn't mean you have to deal with them. ;-)
Quotes: "You have not because ask not" - Unknown
"Bright individuals always know exactly what they don't know." - Amelia W.
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