STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
I APPLIED to be an admissions tour guide as a freshman, and I stayed on campus both of the past summers to give tours. It’s fun to meet people, and I like fielding their ques- tions too. You have to find out a little about them, so if they ask about, say, Greek life, you can assure them that they can still find parties on a weekend, or that they can get involved in clubs and activities instead. If you have a sense of what’s behind their ques- tions, you can give them an answer that’s most useful to them.
Now as head tour guide, I manage about 100 students—their schedules, hiring, train- ing. Along with regular tours, we have big events such as accepted candidates days and open houses. It’s a big job; I’m usually the first to leave my apartment in the morning and the last to come home at night. But all the tour guides are such great people. They love Skidmore, and they love getting paid to talk about why they love Skidmore! With all the backward walking I've done, I've never fallen down—so far. And I've had freshmen recognize me and say, “You were my tour guide, and you’re part of why I came to Skidmore!” That feels great.
I STARTED cello at age 4. Looking at col- leges, I wanted music plus other options, like research. Skidmore’s new Zankel Cen- ter was a big attraction for me, and when Joel Brown, the music chair then, told me that plenty of music majors do a second major, I was sold.
Auditioning for the Filene Scholarship, I was so nervous going onto the Zankel stage. But as I played my first note, I for- got all the stress and was able to just enjoy playing. When Joel Brown called me to offer the scholarship, it was an incredi- ble moment. I remember calling my dad and hearing him cry with joy. Along with playing in the Skidmore Or- chestra and chamber ensemble, I started a cello ensemble called Acacellas, which has performed at Beatlemore Skidmania. I work at Zankel’s box office and as an
usher, and for my arts administration minor I’ve been helping to implement its new ticket-scanning system. Instead of just counting stubs, we’ll be able to scan them and collect some basic demographic data that could help the Zankel’s marketing efforts. My work as head tour guide has taught me that I like managing, so I’m really excited about starting an internship at Carnegie Hall this summer.
I’VE DONE a variety of psych research. Recently both my housemates were in my same lab, so we continued our conversa- tions and picked each other’s brains even at home. One project looked at cannabis and epilepsy, to see if medical marijuana might be helpful in certain seizure disor- ders. There was also research on whether music affects general creativity. And I studied mating habits and sex ratios—for example, when there are fewer males, fe- males tend to see them as more desirable and worth guarding from other females. Pretty interesting!
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GEORGE DILTHEY ’16 Music and psychology major, arts administration minor North Adams, Mass.
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