Meet the Graduate Assistants-Dana

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Coming to you from the Team Awesome bunker, a profile of one of our amazing graduate assistants.

In the spotlight today: Dana

Photo of Dana, a current GA

  1. Where are you from and what’s your favorite part about it? I am most recently from Minneapolis, Minnesota. My favorite part was that the Twin Cities have some amazing museums and historical sites.
  2. What year in the program are you/what do you hope to do when you leave the iSchool? I am finishing up my first year right now. After graduation, I hope to work in a public library.
  3. What is your favorite part about working at the Help Desk? I love problem-solving and working at the Help Desk certainly gives me some interesting problems to solve. I also absolutely adore the team atmosphere.
  4. Favorite Meme: Meme of woman in bed with partner watching true crime
  5. If you could live life as an animal, which animal would you choose? Eagle – be really cool to fly and don’t have to worry about being eaten
  6. What’s your (or would be) your go-to karaoke song? Sweet Caroline – be a fun karaoke song
  7. If there had to be an apocalypse which would you choose-alien invasion or zombie outbreak? Zombie outbreak – easier to survive
  8. What was your most embarrassing teenage phase? Bright leggings under shorts in middle school
  9. Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses, or one horse-sized duck? Horse sized duck – horses are scary

Meet the Graduate Assistants–Corinne

Get to Know Team Awesome!

Coming to you from the Team Awesome bunker, a profile of one of our amazing graduate assistants. While we’re taking our physical distancing very seriously, we thought online, hard-hitting interviews would help us all cope with being apart. Plus, we love to brag about how great these team members are.

In the spotlight today: Corinne

Photo of Corinne, a current GA

  1. Where are you from and what’s your favorite part about it? Charleston, IL. We have the best Taco Bell in central Illinois and that’s about it. Also, my mom lives there 🙂
  2. What year in the program are you/what do you hope to do when you leave the iSchool? This is my last semester. I’m really hoping to get a job!
  3. What is your favorite part about working at the Help Desk? I love that when you work at the Help Desk, you’re just granted a whole set of really awesome friends. It can be hard to make friends as an adult but working at the Help Desk makes it easy!
  4. Favorite Meme: Meme of Bernie Sanders as the Phantom of the Opera
  5. If you could live life as an animal, which animal would you choose? Bear – get to roam around and do what they and it’s viewed as adorable hijinks – eat trash swim in people’s pools and people give them a wide berth
  6. What’s your (or would be) your go-to karaoke song? Total Eclipse of the Heart
  7. If there had to be an apocalypse which would you choose-alien invasion or zombie outbreak? Zombie – read a lot of zombie books and seen zombie movies – I feel more adequately prepared
  8. What was your most embarrassing teenage phase? Post emo Half brown/half blue-black hair – too many bow headbands
  9. Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses, or one horse-sized duck? Horse-sized duck