Seniors

Claire Bauer

Hometown Silver Lake, Ohio

Graduation Year 2018

Major Architecture, Furniture concentration

Dorm Lewis

Hobbies/Interests Smiling, dancing, napping on the Bond Hall library couches

Favorite Color: Green

Interesting Fact(s): My favorite thing about South Dining Hall is eating grapefruits at breakfast. My second favorite thing about the dining hall is eating other people’s meals.

Dream Job: Ballerina

Favorite Place on Campus: 2nd floor windowsill above the front door of Bond Hall

Favorite Band Memory: When Kat and Matt introduced themselves on their first day of band camp

Karen Chen

Hometown: Johnston, IA

Graduation Year: 2018

Major: Biological Sciences (Biomedical Science concentration) and Asian Studies

Dorm: Pasquerilla East Hall

Hobbies/Interests: Piano, micropippetes, traveling, tennis, zebrafish, staying busy

Favorite Quote: “A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers”

Favorite Color: Purple

Interesting Fact(s): My dad and I arrived on campus at Notre Dame 20 years apart on the same exact date!

Dream Job: Chinese Variety Show MC

Favorite Song: Can’t Take My Eyes Off You

Favorite Place on Campus: That spot where you’re walking across God Quad and the dome becomes perfectly centered

Favorite Band Memory: Pre-international tour band concert when KD proclaimed that we were going to go “commando” instead of going “rogue.”

Danny Cohen

Hometown: Pasadena, CA

Graduation Year: 2018

Major: Accountancy

Dorm: Duncan Hall

Hobbies/Interests: Clarinet Sports, Catan, Poker, The Office, Clarinet Sports

Favorite Quote: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

Favorite Color: The color of your eyes.

Interesting Fact(s): I have never broken a bone.

Dream Job: Work for Daniel Cohen.

Favorite Song: “Remember I Told You”, “Stay”, “There’s Nothing Holding me Back”

Favorite Place on Campus: The crossroad between Morrissey, Howard, and SDH, affectionately names “The Spot”. Duncan Chapel. PE 728. Ricci Band Hall. Rolfs after 10PM.

Favorite Band Memory: San Antonio Riverwalk. Nashville Bowl Game. 31-0 against Michigan. Every single rehearsal.

Carolyn Ebner

Hometown: Plymouth, NH

Graduation Year: 2018

Major: Program of Liberal Studies, Theology, and Constitutional Studies

Dorm: Lyons

Hobbies/Interests: Skiing, long conversations with friends, reading, board games, being outside

Favorite Quote: “Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.” -Mother Theresa

Favorite Color: Yellow

Interesting Fact(s): I did ski jumping in high school

Dream Job: Theology professor

Favorite Place on Campus: Lyons Chapel or grotto

Favorite Band Memory: First gameday morning march out freshman year

Jamie Maher

Hometown: Geneva, IL

Graduation Year: 2018

Major: Computer Science

Dorm: Pasquerilla East

Hobbies/Interests: making omelets at NDH, filling out google surveys, thinking about the value of personal liberty, wearing Hawaiian shirts, going to concerts with my dad, bird watching, identifying plants, watching Christopher Walken movies.

Favorite Quote: “It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.”

Favorite Color: #169DB5

Interesting Fact(s): I watch The Godfather every Christmas, as per the longstanding tradition in my household

Dream Job: Becoming director of the CIA and knowing the truth about aliens

Favorite Song: Anything classified as “dad rock”.

Favorite Place on Campus: Benches in front of the dome, the courtyard inside of Hayes-Healey/Hurley, North Dining Hall

Favorite Band Memory: Gameday brunch!

Missy McKalip

Hometown: Frankfort, IL

Graduation Year: 2018

Major: Science Pre-Professional

Dorm: Pasquerilla East: Hall of the Year©

Hobbies/Interests: Running, attempting sports, reading, eating, learning, napping, getting lost on youtube, and most importantly, playing clarinet

Favorite Quote: “Knowing is better than wondering, waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beats the hell out of never trying.” -Meredith Grey

Favorite Color: Blue

Interesting Fact(s): I have run two marathons and a handful of half marathons.

Dream Job: After graduation, I plan to attend medical school and become a surgeon. Also, I really want to get a puppy.

Favorite Place on Campus: The grotto late at night and the swing in front of Sorin

Emma Tackman

Hometown: Jefferson, WI

Graduation Year: 2018

Major: Chemistry And Music Theory/History, Energy Studies Minor

Dorm: PW

Hobbies/Interests: Reading, playing violin, filling out google forms…

Favorite Quote: Et Earello Endorenna utulien.

Favorite Color: Navy

Interesting Fact(s): I was found in a cardboard box in China somewhere when I was 3 days old.

Dream Job: Work in a semi-chemistry related field out of college, get promoted to middle management and then lag in my professional career progression, possibly get shunted between departments before a quiet and possibly dull retirement in the countryside of New Hampshire with my 2 cats

Kelly Volk

Hometown: Tinley Park, IL

Graduation Year: 2018

Major: Biochemistry

Dorm: Walsh Hall

Hobbies/Interests: Exploring, adventuring, procrastinating, sitting in small places, enjoying thunderstorms, listening to classic rock, appreciating old architecture, reading HP, finding new ways to combine chocolate and peanut butter

Favorite Quote: “What’s comin’ will come, and we’ll meet it when it does.” -Hagrid

Favorite Color: Mac n Cheese

Interesting Fact(s): I once killed a cactus

Dream Job: NASA Climate Scientist, Broadway techie on the side

Favorite Song: “Magic” -Pilot, “Go All the Way” -The Raspberries, “Sweet Talking Woman” -ELO, “I Want You Back” -The Jackson 5

Favorite Place on Campus: Lafun circa 2015

Favorite Band Memory: The Florida State trip freshman year. Never have I been so invested in the outcome of a game, nor as disappointed by it.

Emily Zimmermann

Hometown: Arlignton Heights IL

Graduation Year: 2018

Major: Nursing

Dorm: Le Mans

Hobbies/Interests: Swimming, one direction, painting, one direction, greys anatomy, one direction

Favorite Quote: “The carousel never stops turning” Greys Anatomy

Favorite Color: Sunrise and Sunset

Dream Job: Neonatal Nurse

Favorite Song: Who Do You Love - Marianas Trench

Favorite Place on Campus: The Le Mans Tunnel

Favorite Band Memory: Going swimming in the hotel pool in Indy freshmen year in our clothes