{"id":4722,"date":"2020-02-20T20:42:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T20:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/?p=4722"},"modified":"2023-05-24T11:56:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T18:56:46","slug":"hc-student-spotlight-natalie-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/2020\/02\/20\/hc-student-spotlight-natalie-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalie Harris – HC Student Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sophomore Natalie Harris, an English and graphic design major, is a highly engaged member of the Honors College and OSU community. Natalie participated in OSU\u2019s spring 2019 theater production of Sense and Sensibility<\/em> and is in the current staging of The Secret Garden<\/em> musical. She is a lead officer of the swing club on campus, where she co-teaches and coordinates swing dances a few Fridays every term in collaboration with the Corvallis Swing Society and is helping organize a TEDx event set to take place in spring 2020. On top of all of that, she works in the Honors College as a videographer and media designer and is a leader in her sorority, Kappa Delta. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Originally\nfrom Chico, California, Natalie was drawn to Oregon State because the natural\nbeauty of the campus and surrounding parks reminded her of home. What sealed\nthe deal for her, however, was the smaller class sizes, student-faculty\nrelationships, and the \u201cliberal arts\u201d feel of the Honors College. \u201cI had that\n\u2018click\u2019 feeling,\u201d Natalie says. \u201cI felt like I would be supported academically,\nbut also that I would be challenged to try new things.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nHonors College has given her opportunities to learn alongside people from a\nmultitude of majors through colloquia courses, bond with honors students from\nboth OSU\u2019s Corvallis and Cascades campuses, and work with professional and\nstudent staff thanks to her job at the Honors College.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cI get to expand upon my own skills as a\nhuman being as I collaborate with others in the classroom and in the community\nas a whole,\u201d Natalie says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natalie\nhas found exactly those same values in her sorority, Kappa Delta. \u201cBoth [the\nHonors College and Kappa Delta] inspire continuous learning, developing\nleadership skills, and working together to help communities,\u201d Natalie says. She\ndescribes both the Honors College and her sorority as an interdisciplinary\ncommunity where you learn from others in many different ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natalie joined Kappa Delta fall term of her freshman year, in 2018, and she immediately found opportunities for leadership and engagement. From January 2019 to November 2019 she was the vice president of finance for Kappa Delta, and currently, she is the chapter\u2019s academic excellence chair. Natalie believes joining Kappa Delta was one of the best decisions she could have made her first year in college. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cTaking on the role of executive finance\u2026that just really\nimproved my leadership skills more than I could even imagine,\u201d Natalie\nsays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being in the high-achieving environments of Kappa Delta and the Honors College has challenged Natalie creatively and helped her think critically about how she wants to shape her college career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBoth set me up for success in ways I\u2019d never even considered before.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Lucas Yao: Media Assistant, Honors College<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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