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Lafayette College Student Panel

Recorded Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 09:00 PM

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Lafayette College

Easton, PA
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Ask current Lafayette students questions about academics, campus life, dorm living, and more. Livestream viewers will get to vote on questions and ask their own!

Meet the panelists:Elizabeth, Zev, Julia, Scott

Elizabeth (Liz) is from Westchester, NY and is currently a senior at Lafayette College. She is pursuing her Bachelor's Degree in Government and Law and is a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society. Liz is still deciding whether she will declare her minor in art or German. At school she is heavily involved with music, playing trumpet in the pep band, French horn in the concert band, and keyboard in a band with her friends. Liz lived on Lafayette's Music Appreciation Floor for two years and loves to perform with the Lafayette Interdisciplinary Music Society. She also co-hosts a radio show called "Spinning Plates" and has a campus job as an usher. Outside of the musical sphere, Liz is also involved with environmentalism on campus, as the Vice President of the Lafayette Environmental Awareness and Protection club. Liz likes to spend her free time visiting museums, reading books written by comedians, and drawing portraits.

Zev is a Senior from Springfield, MA studying Mechanical Engineering with a Certificate in Financial Policy and Analysis. Zev is President of the Lafayette College Running Club and the Tau Beta Pi PA-E chapter (engineering honor society) and former President of the Lafayette College Hillel Society and the Lafayette College chapter of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers). With his free time, he plays Ultimate Frisbee, loves to cook and hike, and works at the Lafayette College Technology Support Desk

Julia is a senior at Lafayette College, double majoring in History and German. On campus, Julia is Vice President of Lafayette's crew team, President of the German Club, and a PARDner (peer mentor for first-year students). She loves to run in her free time.

Scott is a senior from Queens, New York. He is pursuing a double major with Engineering (an interdisciplinary major called Engineering Studies) and (self-designed major) Technology & Law. He is an active member of the PA State Champion Speech and Debate Team.

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Lafayette College

Easton, PA
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