Franklin & Marshall College

  Name: Mary Manacher
  Hometown: Mount Union, PA
  College Major: Accounting and German double major

  Favorite F&M Activity: Fum Follies

  Best Interview Moment: When a student who performs and sings in many a Capella groups sang a song for me during the interview.

  Name: Mary J. Mattson
  Hometown: Albany, New York
  College Major: French/minor in Psychology

  Favorite Lancaster Activity: Early morning at Central Market/running through
the beautiful neighborhoods near F&M.

  Best Interview Moment: Best interview moment is always when the student feels comfortable and at ease.

  Name: Sue Smith
  Hometown: Lancaster, PA
  College Major: German

  Favorite Lancaster Activity: Being downtown to attend cultural events, to
try new restaurants, and to shop

  Best Interview Moment: Approaching the high school senior who replied to "prefer to be called" on her information sheet with the name "Your Majesty." I did so, and her entire family laughed, with Mom commenting that this is how her brothers refer to her at home, because she "rules the house."

  Name: Cathy Rintz
  Hometown: Souderton, PA
  College Major: Business Administration

  Favorite Lancaster Activity: Seeing shows at the Fulton Opera House tops my
list of favorite things to do. Many of the productions at the Fulton will rival anything you'll see on Broadway!

Best Interview Moment: I love the moment in an interview when I make a connection with a student based on a shared interest or passion we both have. From that point forward our dialogue becomes a conversation and ceases to be an "interview."

  Name: Nina Castillo
  Hometown: West Nyack, NY
  College Major: History and French

  Favorite Lancaster Activity:  Eating empanadas at El Maizal, the Colombian restaurant on Mulberry Street

  Best Interview Moment:  I love when students are so enthusiastic in telling me about a favorite activity or hobby that I am drawn right in to the excitement. A student recently told me all about making sushi in such a way that I wanted to go right home and try it myself!
 

  Name: Joan Marie Sipe
  Hometown: New Haven, IN (not CT :o)
  College Major: Secondary Math Education

  Favorite Lancaster Activity: Music concerts!!! There are so many venues to enjoy!  Also, shows at the Fulton Opera House.

  Best Interview Moment: There have been a number of interesting moments but one interviewee spoke about hiking/camping in the state of Washington and had a grizzly bear encounter!  On the very same day, ANOTHER student spoke about avoiding grizzlies in Wyoming! A bit of serendipity that day!