2009 PIT Planning Assistant Biographies

MARISSA BADGLEY '10
Home Town:  New Paltz, NY
Major/Minor:   English/French
PIT Group:   PIT Planning Intern
Previous PIT Experience:   PITer 2006 in Friends for Life (FFL) 2008 & 2009 Pit Planning Intern
Service at F&M:   2008-2009-2010 Ware Intern for the Elderly, F&M CARES, Long Home volunteer, Lancaster Day of Caring, weekly visits to the Long Home, Wharton Spring Festival, Crispus Attucks Meal Server
Other Activities:   Life After College Success Program, Varsity Softball 2006-2007,
College House Affiliation:    Bonchek House
Favorite Book:    The Samurai’s Garden
Favorite Food:    Mashed Potatoes and watermelon
Favorite Movie:    A Beautiful Mind, The Great Debaters
Something Interesting About Me:    I have had only 5 birthdays in my life!
Dream Travel Destination:    Thailand and New Zealand
Best PIT Memory:   Pranking the PA’s during color war and having all of the PITers throw water balloons at them! Then, getting whipped cream matted into my hair as a form of retaliation.

BRITTANY GRAFF '11
Home Town:   Malvern, PA aka "the vern"
Major/Minor:  Chemistry, the best major ever :)
PIT Group:   Let's Get Ready for School (OPIT)
Previous PIT Experience:  OPIT 2007, Head PIT PA 2008
Service at F&M:    Secretary of F&M Cares (so the various service activities that are involved in that)
Other Activities: American Chemical Society, CIA/JCREW
College House Affiliation:    Schnader House
Favorite Book:    I like tooooooooooo many
Favorite Food:    Corn
Favorite Movie:  The Saint
Something Interesting About Me:   I am the oldest of seven kids.
Dream Travel Destination:   All around the world
Best PIT Memory:   Meeting Marissaaaaaaaaaa :) haha

ANNA LIPPE '10
Home Town:   Owings Mills, MD
Major/Minor:   History
PIT Group:  Friends for Life
Previous PIT Experience:  2006 PITer
Service at F&M:   College Connections Mentor Program, Volunteer with elderly, summer intern at the United Way. Last summer I was a counselor at the Fresh Air Fund, where I worked with disadvantaged 15-year-olds from New York City.
Other Activities:   Dance Company, Life After College Success Program, Hillel
College House Affiliation:  Bonchek House
Favorite Book:   The Glass Castle, Eat Pray Love, Expecting Adam
Favorite Food:   I love Chipotle tacos, mint chocolate chip ice cream, and Shirley Temples …but not all together!
Favorite Movie:  Clueless
Something Interesting About Me:  I don't like roller coasters
Dream Travel Destination:   Budapest
Best PIT Memory:  Doing exercise activities with the elderly!

KATHLEEN HUBBERT '10
Home Town: Blue Bell, PA
Major/Minor:   Sociology/ English
PIT Group:  Clean Air, Clean Water
Previous PIT Experience:  2006 Friends for Life PITer,

BEN BERG '10
Home Town:   Lewes, DE
Major/Minor:   Chemistry, Japanese
PIT Group:  Let's Get Ready for School!
Previous PIT Experience:  2006 OPITer, OPIT PA 2008
Service at F&M: Boys and Girls Club of Lancaster, MS Walk
Other Activities:  Phi Kappa Psi president, LGBTA co-chair, 1 in 4, Order of Omega vice president, computer workroom manager, biochemistry research
College House Affiliation:  Bonchek House
Favorite Book:  The Rules of Attraction and The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Favorite Food:  Shrimp
Favorite Movie:  Battle Royale
Something Interesting About Me:   SCUBA certified!
Dream Travel Destination:  Australia or Japan
Best PIT Memory:  Non-stop piggy back rides for The Twins

IAN JONES '11
Home Town:  Boca Raton, FL
Major/Minor:  History/Philosophy
PIT Group:   Habitat for Humanity (H4H)
Previous PIT Experience:   2006 PITer, 2008 PIT PA
Service at F&M:  PIT, Habitat for Humanity Club executive board
Other Activities:  F&M Admissions Tour Guide
College House Affiliation:   Schnader House
Favorite Book:   Flowers for Algernon
Favorite Food:  Steak
Favorite Movie:  Fight Club
Something Interesting About Me:  I never lost a tooth, naturally...
Dream Travel Destination:  Back in time, is that allowed?
Best PIT Memory:  Yarn sessions and all the connections you make

JACOB KIRSH '10
Home Town:  Liberty, New York
Major/Minor:  Religious Studies/Pre-med
PIT Group:  Let's Get Ready for School! (OPIT)
Previous PIT Experience:  Habitat for Humanity '06 PITter, OPIT '07, '08 (PA)
Service at F&M:  Benjamin Rush Advisory Council, F&M CARES, Fulton Elementary School Mentoring Program
Other Activities:  Fair Practices Committee, Hillel, Ben Rush Honor Society, Black Pyramid Honor Society
College House Affiliation:  Ware College House
Favorite Book:  The Giving Tree
Favorite Food:  Pizza
Favorite Movie:  The Sandlot
Something Interesting About Me: This past semester I spent "studying" abroad in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Dream Travel Destination:  All 30 major league baseball stadiums
Best PIT Memory: There are so many to choose from, however I would say that my best PIT memory was last year working with some of my co-PA's, who were in my first PIT group as a PA.

Jessica Fegely '10
Home Town:  Mertztown, PA
Major/Minor:  Biological Foundations of Behavior: Animal Behavior
PIT Group: Friends for Life (FFL)
Previous PIT Experience: PITer 2006, PIT PA 2008
Service at F&M: Emergency Medical Intern, McCaskey High School Mentor, Adopt a Family, F&M CARES, Untied Way Day of Caring
Other Activities: Class President 2010, Alpha Phi, Committee on Academic Status, John Marshall Leadership Institutue, Biology Club, Biology Teaching Assistant
College House Affiliation:  Ware College House
Favorite Book:  Where the Sidewalk Ends
Favorite Food:  Breadsticks at The Olive Garden
Favorite Movie:   My Girl
Something Interesting About Me:   I cheered the Pro-Bowl in Hawaii
Dream Travel Destination:   Fiji
Best PIT Memory:   Bowling on the first night and meeting a bunch of wonderful people that would later grow into my best friends.

TOLI KARAS '10
Home Town:  West Dundee, IL (suburb of Chicago)
Major/Minor:  Music/ Pre-Healing Arts (aka Pre-med)
PIT Group:  Friends for Life (FFL)
Previous PIT Experience:  2006 OPIT PITer, Friends for Life 2007, 2008
Service at F&M:  PIT, volunteering/shadowing at Southeast Lancaster Health Services
Other Activities:   F&M Players (student-run musical theatre), Sweet Ophelia (all-female a cappella), Chamber Singers
College House Affiliation:  Brooks
Favorite Book:   Too many to choose from, so: Eat, Love, Pray; Twilight series; Memoirs of a Geisha
Favorite Food:   ummmmm. I like a lot of things, especially desserts. But I REALLY don't like tomotoes
Favorite Movie:  Chick flicks, for example: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Two Weeks Notice
Something Interesting About Me: I am one of five children and that whole Big Fat Greek Wedding thing? oh yeah, that's my family
Dream Travel Destination:   My brother just traveled to China and said it was amazing, so now I want to go visit Asia!
Best PIT Memory:   There are so many good memories that I can't even choose! There are always interesting things that happen during PA training and I have some funny stories about skits that my Pitters made up, but the thing I always look back on is the friends that I made my freshman year. So I guess my best memory is meeting each new person and finding great friends!

ERIK KELLY '10
Home Town:  Mertztown, PA
Major/Minor: Biology
PIT Group:  Let's Get Ready for School! (OPIT)
Previous PIT Experience:  PITer 2006, PIT PA 2007, 2008, 2009
Service at F&M:  F&M C.A.R.E.S. Treasurer, Organizer of the Community Outreach Dinner
Other Activities:  Benjamin Rush Honor Society Vice President, Bonchek College House Supreme Court Chief Justice
College House Affiliation:   Boncheck College House
Favorite Book:  The Hot Zone
Favorite Food:   Any italian food.
Favorite Movie:   Dumb and Dumber... it's a classic!
Something Interesting About Me:   My independent research at F&M focuses on Down's syndrome mice.
Dream Travel Destination:  Fiji
Best PIT Memory:  Laser Dome!!!

SEYMONE KILLINS '12
Home Town:   New Haven, CT
Major/Minor:  Animal Behavior
PIT Group:  Clean Air, Clean Water  (CACW)
Previous PIT Experience:  PITer
Service at F&M:  Tutoring at Buchanan Elementary, F&M Cares, SABVI Pre-school attendant, Eagles Nest Student volunteer, College Connections mentor, Fulton Elementary Tutor
Other Activities:  Crew, Piano
College House Affiliation:  Brooks
Favorite Book:  Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Favorite Food:  Sushi
Favorite Movie:  Dead Poet's Society
Something Interesting About Me:  I never celebrated Halloween as a child
Dream Travel Destination:  Backpacking through Europe
Best PIT Memory:  Retrieving a shoe from the mud at the bottom of a pond.

SCOTT ROWND'12
Home Town:   Shaker Heights, Ohio
Major/Minor:  Environmental Studies with a joint major in Public Policy
PIT Group:  C
Previous PIT Experience:  2008 PITer (OPIT)
Service at F&M:  F&M Cares, Hunger and Homelessness at F&M
Other Activities:  Lifeguarding, F&M Tour Guide, Varsity Swimming
College House Affiliation:  Boncheck
Favorite Book:  Ender's Game
Favorite Food:  Tortellini
Favorite Movie:  Friday Night Lights
Something Interesting About Me:  I am distantly related to Oscar Wilde
Dream Travel Destination:  A grand tour through the Swiss Alps and the surrounding countries...
Best PIT Memory:  The Color War games on Hartman Green... PA vs. PITer tug of war especially.

SAMMI OCHER '11
Home Town:   Mt. Laurel, NJ
Major/Minor:  Animal Behavior
PIT Group:  Clean Air, Clean Water (CACW)
Previous PIT Experience:  2008 PITer
Service at F&M:  F&M cares, volunteering with the EAA and Sustainability House,
Other Activities:  Volunteering at the local Humane League, Kappa Delta
College House Affiliation:  Bonchek
Favorite Book:  Animals Make Us Human by Temple Grandin
Favorite Food:  Pad Thai
Favorite Movie:  Enchanted
Something Interesting About Me:  I spent last summer at the Philly Zoo with the camels
Dream Travel Destination:  Ireland, India, somewhere north to see the Aurora Borealis
Best PIT Memory:  Hershey Park

KATE PARADIS '12
Home Town:   Ridgewood, NJ
Major/Minor:  Biological Foundations of Behavior and Spanish
PIT Group: 
Previous PIT Experience:  2008 PITer, 2009 PIT Planning Assistant
Service at F&M:  F&M Cares, Volunteer at SELHS Clinic
Other Activities:  Ultimate Frisbee
College House Affiliation:  Ware College House
Favorite Book:  Gang Leader for a Day
Favorite Food:  Steak
Favorite Movie:  The Secret Life of Bees ( love the book too)
Something Interesting About Me:  I can burp extremely loud
Dream Travel Destination:  Africa
Best PIT Memory:  Laser Dome!

ALYSSA LANDON '12
Home Town:   Bridgewater, NJ
Major/Minor:  Undecided
PIT Group: 
Previous PIT Experience:  2008 PITer in Friends for Life
Service at F&M:  F&M Cares, Power Packs with Hillel, Alpha Phi director of community service
Other Activities: Alpha Phi, Brownie Girl Scout Leader
College House Affiliation:  Brooks College House
Favorite Book:  Tuesdays with Morrie and The Hot Zone
Favorite Food:  Hummus and Pita Bread
Favorite Movie:  Breakfast at Tiffany's
Something Interesting About Me:  I despise cream cheese
Dream Travel Destination:  Safari in Africa
Best PIT Memory:  Running around Lancaster for our scavenger hunt!

WINSTON BOWEN '11
Home Town:   Norristown, PA
Major/Minor:  Math/Economics, French
PIT Group:  Habitat for Humanity (H4H)
Previous PIT Experience:  2007 PITer
Service at F&M:  Habitat for Humanity & Catastrophic Relief Alliance (CRA)
Other Activities: Student Government
College House Affiliation:  Brooks College House
Favorite Book:  The Go Getter
Favorite Food:  All, big fan of food
Favorite Movie:  I like a lot of movies!
Something Interesting About Me:  Born in Jamaica
Dream Travel Destination:  Paris
Best PIT Memory:  The warm welcome from PA's when I arrived on campus for the first time.

LUCI LANTOS '12
Home Town:   Fallmouth, Maine
Major/Minor:  Psychology
PIT Group: 
Previous PIT Experience:  Let's Get Ready for School (OPIT)
Service at F&M:  F&M Cares, Power Packs Volunteer, Relay For Life
Other Activities: Sweet Ophelia (female a cappella group), Kappa Delta Sorority, Hillel
College House Affiliation:  Brooks College House
Favorite Book:  The Time Traveler's Wife
Favorite Food:  Lobster
Favorite Movie:  Love Actually and How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days
Something Interesting About Me:  I'm obsessed with watching the Olympics.
Dream Travel Destination:  Australia and Greese
Best PIT Memory:  Going with my PA to bring school supplies to my first grader who couldn't come in that day and getting a big hug from him hearing from his mom that I'd made a big difference in his life. It made me realize that what we do really does make a difference for the kids.