I'm Melanie Iannacone and I'm from New Jersey.  I'm a freshman who lives in Hines hall.  My major is pyschology.  At Siena I am in the Bonner Leader program, but besides that I spend most of my time with the girls in my hallway.  My dad owns a pizzaria, and my mom works at the front desk at a hospital and she also does the payroll for my uncle's pizzaria.  She recently decided to go back to school and become a nurse. In high school I played softball, was a girlscout, and participated in clubs.

Community Story:
     As a child I was an active girlscout.  Many of my first encounters with my community sprung from this group.  One time in seventh grade, my girlscout troup and I spent the day baking and then took the goods to a local nursing home.  The residents were so excited and grateful to just spend the day with us.  We spent our time, playing games, telling jokes, and sharing stories.  I was taught how easy it was to be an active member of the community.  It was fun, but also taught me a lot.  As a community we worked together.  By lending our hands we were taught life lessons and given incredible advice.

Education Story:

     When I was a senior in high school I had every intention of picking a relaxed schedule and taking it easy.  So I signed up for Mass Communications since I had heard that they watched movies and television shows.  The class was anything but easy.  The teacher laughed with us and at us, but was stern about us learning something.  Through movies we learned about history, art, pyschology, relationships...etc.  This one class taught me more than I had learned all through high school.  I know now that there are all different approaches to learning and teaching.

My name is Meagan Higgins. I am from Long Island. This is my second year at Siena College and I live in Hennepin Hall. I decided last semester that my major is going to be social work. Outside of school I run in my free time, however I am not on a team. For the past two years I have worked in an accounting office. In highschool I used to run cross country and track. I was also in some clubs. My mom is a pre-school teacher and my dad works for the Mayor of New York City preparing his budget meetings. My mom is in a book club and my dad runs with a group of people every day.

Story of Community- I am very close with the people that live on my block at home. When my very close neighbor was diagnosed with cancer he had to quit his job and focus on getting better. My family and I decided to help their family out and raise money to help them with bills, we also helped them out with cooking meals and bringing them over to the family so they did not have to worry about what they were going to eat when coming home from treatments.

Story of Education- My English teacher would make us sit in a circle and discuss what we had read the night before. This helped me learn so much because it was very little pressure and it was interesting hearing what other people had to say. Every person had a different way of looking at the same story as me. It allowed me to see a different way of looking at things. It expanded my way of thinking.

Amanda M's Info Sheet

Name: Amanda Myers
Hometown: Ballston Lake, NY
Fathers Occupation: Vice President of AMEC Kamtech
Class Year: Senior
Residence: Maclosky Commons
Major: Marketing & Management (Management Concentration)
Activities: Delta Sigma Pi & Hyatt Place intern
Highschool Activities: Sports, Cheerleading, different clubs, National Honor Society
Parents Interests: Golf, Fishing, Boating


Story of Community:

Over a year and a half ago two kids from my highschool died in a car crash. They were ages 19 & 20 - to young to lose their lives. Starting at the scene of the accident our community came together to help and support the family and friends of the victims. It started with the police, fire department and rescue squad who rushed to the scene to try to help these victims. Also, many family & friends along with random people from the community went to the wake and funeral to show that even though they may not have known them personally the community as a whole was grieving.

Education Story:

I went abroad my Junior Year Spring Semester and had an amazing internship opportunity. However, I was too homesick and returned home. Even though I thought I had written down all the pros and cons, I was not thinking clearly. From this situation, I learned that no matter how upset or homesick I am I need to take a step back and review the situation a couple of times before jumping on that flight home. Even though my decision would probably have been the same I feel this was a huge learning experience for me even though I was there for two weeks.

My name is Meghan Pare, I am a sophomore from Newport, Vermont a small town on the Canadien border.

My mom is a 5th grade teacher and my dad is a heavy equipment operator.

I live in Hennipen.

I am a psychology major, biology minor.

I ski almost every weekend. I am a member of Siena's outing club.

In high school I was a four year varsity soccer player. I also played basketball, track and field, and I was a member of the alpine ski team.

My father plays soccer and hockey. My mother runs an after school math club, and is a member of the church council.
My story of community: I live in a small town in Vermont, where everybody knows everybody and there is a strong sense of community. My family is relatively active in the community, and when my cousin died at a young age the entire community literally shut down and came together. During the funeral the fire department was lined up outside the church to show their respect, the police department escorted the funeral procession to the cemetary, and all the schools got dismissed for half of the day so they could attend the funeral. Businesses donated food and people showed up on our doorstep expressing their remorse and giving us even more food and flowers. It was a nice to see how the entire community came together to help in any way possible during the death of my cousin.
My story of education: My junior year I decided to pursue the opportunity to go on a trip to Italy for 14 days. I went on the trip not knowing a single person ahead of time and convinced that I wasn't going to enjoy myself. I ended up meeting new people and absolutely loving the trip. I discovered how independent I really was. The trip proved that I was ready to go to college away from home and still be able to have a successful academic career without being homesick the entire time.

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Mon Jan 26,2009

Hi Girls, I just created this blog and checking to see if it worked!
-Annie R.