{"id":5204,"date":"2020-05-31T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T19:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/?p=5204"},"modified":"2023-05-23T14:05:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T21:05:22","slug":"hc-student-spotlight-lauren-lippman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/2020\/05\/31\/hc-student-spotlight-lauren-lippman\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Lippman – HC Student Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Honors College junior Lauren Lippman came to Oregon State University from her hometown of Phoenix, Arizona for a change of scenery \u2014 and for the multitude of resources and opportunities to expand and explore her interests.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Of all the colleges she considered attending, OSU and the Honors College stood out for their commitment to student support. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen a college that so badly wanted you to succeed,\u201d says Lauren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lauren has made an effort to become a part of that student success support system. As a College of Engineering ambassador, Lauren, a chemical engineering major, helps high school students decide where they want to go to college and what they might want their majors to be. She guides daily tours, as well as helping out with career fairs and representing her college during Beaver Open House days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe best part of it is getting to talk to new students,\u201d she says. \u201cI really enjoyed doing that \u2013 getting to tell people why I came to OSU and what was really helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also is there when students arrive at Oregon State. As a new student, Lauren benefited from the Honors College Peer Mentoring Program, and she has since been a peer mentor herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy mentor was fantastic,\u201d she says. \u201cShe got me in touch with a bunch of resources and told me what to get involved in and what would be fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now on the other side of the relationship, Lauren has found it rewarding to support students new to the university and the Honors College. \u201cPassing down so much knowledge is amazing,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lauren also runs the mentoring program for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), called SWEsters. As a SWEster mentor, she organizes club trips to the Farmer\u2019s Market, rafting trips with the Adventure Leadership Institute (ALI) and a Bob Ross Painting Night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lauren\u2019s involvement extends to her peers, as well. She is on the Engineering Student Council, a committee that runs all the College of Engineering clubs and helps manage their funds. She\u2019s very proud of the council\u2019s work over the past few years to foster the creation of new clubs. Before she started college, Lauren says, there were only a few engineering clubs, with limited access to resources. Now there are over fifty engineering clubs and more than enough money to fund them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt means a lot to me because participating in extracurriculars has impacted my experience so positively,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, Lauren recommends new students join every extracurricular they can and participate in all of the opportunities that come their way, even if they don\u2019t think they have the necessary experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf someone asks you to get pie at midnight, say yes,\u201d she says. \u201cGo to Honors College Community Coffees, even if you go alone \u2013 you\u2019ll meet an awesome professor you wouldn\u2019t otherwise have a class with. It\u2019s not about experience; it\u2019s about wanting to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Trying new things has not only made Lauren\u2019s college career fun and enjoyable, it\u2019s an attitude that has allowed her to meet people who have enhanced her educational experience. That\u2019s why she tries her hardest to help those around her also have a fun, successful four years at Oregon State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy college experience would not be the same without the entire community being like, \u2018we want you to succeed.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the switch to remote learning in spring term 2020, we reached back out to Lauren to see how things are going<\/em>. She has remained in Corvallis, Oregon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This term, Lauren has stayed in Corvallis with her five roommates. She has tried to stick to a normal school-day schedule when she can in order to prevent assignments from piling up and leave time for relaxing and talking with friends and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m just taking everything day by day when it comes to remote learning and quarantine,\u201d she says. \u201cI am learning to be more lenient with everyone, from myself to professors to roommates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lauren and her roommates spend their free time doing puzzles, painting, dancing and watching Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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