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MAJOR
LEARN BY DOING
- Instructional Design Internship with Qlarant
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
- Barbell Club
- Peer Tutor in Philosophy
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SUPPORT FROM DONOR PROGRAM
- Hodson Trust Internship Fund
- Francis Waters Tuition Award
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Out of the Box
Julia Manarze
Class of 2021 鈥 Cecilton, MarylandMAJOR
LEARN BY DOING
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
- Barbell Club
- Peer Tutor in Philosophy
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SUPPORT FROM DONOR PROGRAM
- Hodson Trust Internship Fund
- Francis Waters Tuition Award
鈥淢y dad told me he wanted me to 鈥榖e lethal,鈥 says Julia, who was homeschooled in a conservative Christian household. 鈥淗e started me in mixed martial arts鈥攂oxing, wrestling, Jiu Jitsu鈥攊n my second year of high school. It鈥檚 nice to be strong and feel safe, and it鈥檚 nice to challenge the common misperception that women can鈥檛 defend themselves against a bigger, stronger attacker.鈥
Julia鈥檚 experiences in the workplace illustrate similar juxtapositions. She has worked as an Instructional Design intern for a healthcare audit company, an English teacher for an online Chinese-based company called QKids, a dental assistant, and a janitor. She now has a part-time gig running social media marketing for Raw Combat Mid-Atlantic in Easton, and she was recently certified as an eyelash technician.
Her academic experiences are just as varied.
鈥淚 wasn鈥檛 interested in only one thing,鈥 Julia says, 鈥渁nd I don鈥檛 like doing things that people automatically make assumptions about it. I like economics and art. I like English and philosophy. And I found through an internship I did one summer that I really like business. After graduation I plan to work for a couple of years and then enroll in an MBA program.鈥
Until then, Julia will focus on her Senior Capstone thesis, for which she will use Annie Dillard鈥檚 鈥淧ilgrim at Tinker Creek鈥 to explore present-day interpretations of Biblical concepts such as environmental stewardship, virtue ethics, and the fecundity of reproduction. 鈥淭hat text has everything I need for a thesis.鈥