Team 2011-2012
Name: Gillian Anderson (Jill)
Year of Graduation: 2014
Hometown: Holden, ME
Major/Minor: Undecided, but leaning towards French or Biology
Events: Mid-Distance and Distance Freestyle
House: Cutter
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Celtic Worlds; French; Cells, Physiology and Development
Tips for First Semester: Don’t overpack — you don’t need as much as you think. Besides, you can always buy stuff once you get here. Use RateMyProfessor.com. It’s extremely useful! I didn’t believe it this semester, but it was so right. Also, if you can, ask upperclassmen like your HONS about professors and classes they’ve taken so you can decide which professor/class is the best fit for you.
Name: Olivia Bannon Year of Graduation: 2014
Hometown: Amherst, MA Major/Minor: Undeclared
Events: 50, 100, 200 Breast, 100 Free House: Capen
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Intro to sociology- the material is really interesting!
Tips for First Semester: Make to do lists!! (I use the Stickies App on my computer)
Name: Hayley Bezubka Year of Graduation: 2014
Hometown: North Kingstown, RI Major/Minor: Undeclared
Events: 50, 100, 200 Free House: Parsons
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Intro to Micro/Macroeconomics, ENG 118 Consumer Culture
Tips for First Semester: Don’t let homework bring you down, find time to have fun and enjoy college!
Name: Mackenzie Bradley 
Year of Graduation: 2013
Hometown: Sherwood OR Major/Minor: Religion, Gov. minor
Events: Distance Free, Fly, IM House: Baldwin
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Intro to Bible I, American Presidency, Constitutional Law
Tips for First Semester: Go to office hours!
Name: Kyle Boyd Year of Graduation: 2015
Hometown: Amherst, MA Major/Minor: Undeclared
Events: Distance Free House: Duckett
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: 1st Year Seminar- “Sense and Essence in Nature”. It was a seminar about fragrant plants and perfume! The professor is awesome and adorable.
Tips for First Semester: Stay on top of your work! The earlier you go to meals, the better the food!
Name: Stefanie Cervantes Year of Graduation: 2013
Hometown: Santa Ana, CA Major/Minor: Government and Environmental Studies
Events: IM House: Wilson
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Any government class!!
Tips for First Semester: Sleep and organize yourself.
Name: Rebecca Chazin Year of Graduation: 2012
Hometown: Mile High City! (Denver, CO) Major/Minor: Economics and Environmental Science & Policy
Events: 100 fly, 200 fly House: King
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: PPL 220: Public Policy, World Food Systems, GEO 150: Intro to GIS, Environmental Economics.
Tips for First Semester: Take a wide range of classes. Explore different departments. Don’t be afraid to use your free-drop.
Name: Paige Christie Year of Graduation: 2015
Hometown: North Andover, MA 
Major/Minor: Undeclared
Events: Distance Free, IM (IRON WOMAN) House: Park
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Writing about Humor (English). You get to analyze funny
Tips for First Semester: Always Floss!
Name: Emily Clark
Year of Graduation: 2015
Hometown: Oakland, ME Major/Minor: Undeclared
Events: 50, 100, 200 Breaststroke House: Gillett
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Bio 154 Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Tips for First Semester: Stay hydrated and try your best to avoid getting hit in the face during practice.
Name: Michelle Cortrite Year of Graduation: 2013
Hometown: Santa Monica, CA Major/Minor: Geosciences
Events: Sprint Free, Back House: Talbot
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Springboard Diving, Mineralogy
Tips for First Semester: Plan Ahead!
Name: Robin Currens Year of Graduation: 2014
Hometown: Frederick, Maryland Major/Minor: Biochemistry
Events: Backstroke and mid-distance House: Lamont
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Any Bio class
Tips for First Semester: Bass is awesome for studying, especially the second floor…also Tyler is the house most likely to have French fries for lunch!
Name: Rachel Dean Year of Graduation: 2013
Hometown: Ramona, CA Major/Minor: History/American Studies (double major)
Events: Mid-Distance Free House: Tyler
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Race, Class, U.S. Citizenship (Pryor), American Civil War (Pryor), US History since 1877 (Guglielmo), Am. Lit 1865-1914 (Cheung)
Tips for First Semester: Go to professors office hours they really want to help. Go to the Jacobson Center for papers. It’s the basically the best resource on campus.
Name: Karen Fryefield Year of Graduation: 2012
Hometown: Eugene, OR Major/Minor: American Studies
Events: 1M/3 M Diving House: Haven/Friedman Apt.
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: AMS 202, HST 266, ENG 119
Tips for First Semester: Take classes in subjects you’ve never taken before!
Name: Lauren Kauffman Year of Graduation: 2014
Hometown: Scottdale, AZ Major/Minor: Neuroscience
Events: 100 Back, 200 Back, 50 Free, 200 IM House: Baldwin
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Shakespeare and Film, Chinese
Tips for First Semester: Party Hard, Work Harder, Swim Hardest! And Try Everything!
Name: Emily Lane Year of Graduation: 2015
Hometown: Centennial, CO Major/Minor: Undeclared
Events: Distance Free House: Cutter
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Engineering 100. It was really hands on. You complete a bunch of cool labs.
Tips for First Semester: If there’s something that looks like fun, go do it even if you don’t know anybody there—you’ll end up meeting awesome people there!
Name: Carly Mailly Year of Graduation: 2012
Hometown: West Hartford, CT Major/Minor: Biochemistry
Events: Freestyle House: Washburn
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Global Learning Seminar on Women’s Medical Issues, Archaeology, Chem Lab!
Tips for First Semester: Relax, Breathe, Don’t be afraid to ask for help, Give yourself free time, get a really good coffee maker and egg crate mattress topper!
Name: Sophie Mettler-Grove Year of Graduation: 2013
Hometown: West Hartford, CT Major/Minor: Government and Environmental Science & Policy
Events: Distance Free House: Talbot
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: GOV 306, EVS 201
Tips for First Semester: Don’t overload your schedule, make sure your class selection is diverse, try out different clubs and organizations during the first month – decide which one or two you want to put your energy into, have fun!
Name: Ariel Orr Year of Graduation: 2013
Hometown: Hamden, CT (for now) Major/Minor: English Language and Literature, Fulfilling Pre-Med requirements
Events: 50, 100, 200 Breast, 200 IM House: Chapin, Green Street (but it’s in Center Campus)
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: English Literary Tradition I with Sharon Seelig, Intro to Anthropology with Eliot Fratkin, Art of Theatre Design with Edward Check
Tips for First Semester: Try new things!! Get organized from the very beginning!!
Name: Alex Page Year of Graduation: 2012
Hometown: Brookline, MA Major/Minor: Chemistry
Events: 100/200 Back, 200 IM House: Parsons
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Organic Chemistry II
Tips for First Semester: Spend time getting to know people in your house and in your classes.
Name: Jenika Parson Year of Graduation: 2013
Hometown: Teaneck, NJ
Major/Minor: Engineering Arts
Events: 1 Meter/3 Meter Diving House: Lawrence
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: to be revealed
Tips for First Semester: to be revealed
Name: Alyssa Pascuzzo Year of Graduation: 2015
Hometown: Scottsdale, AZ Major/Minor: Undeclared
Events: Fly, Free, IM House: Cushing
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Chem 111; the professor is amazing and she knows how to keep you engaged in the material
Tips for First Semester: Use a planner- it will help you stay organized!
Name: Katie Paulson-Smith Year of Graduation: 2014
Hometown: Apple Valley, MN Major/Minor: Undeclared
Events: Free House: Park
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: to be revealed
Tips for First Semester: to be revealed
Name: Jenny Prince Year of Graduation: 2012
Hometown: Ardsley, NY Major/Minor: Spanish and American Studies
Events: 200 Br, 100 Br, 200 IM House: Friedman A2
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Ethnic Minorities in America (SOC), Literacy in the Cross Cultural Perspective (EDC), Sex and the Medieval City (SPN)
Tips for First Semester: Take Intro classes to explore new subjects and find out what you are interested but do not take Intro to World Religion.
Name: Rebecca Rosen Year of Graduation: 2012
Hometown: Harrington Park, NJ
Major/Minor: Sociology, Spanish Events: 100/200 fly
House: Parsons House
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Ethnic Minorities in America (Soc. dept.)
Tips for First Semester: Get to know your teachers! Don’t feel shy about going to their office hours. Take a first year seminar!!!
Name: Ayla Staelin-Lefsky Year of Graduation: 2015
Hometown: Fort Collins, CO Major/Minor: Undecided
Events: Distance Free House: Tyler
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: FYS Rebellious Women. It was interesting and covered a part of history that isn’t covered in most history classes.
Name: Kelsey Swensen Year of Graduation: 2013
Hometown: Crofton, MD Major/Minor: Psychology
Events: distance free (500, 1000, 1650) House: Park Annex
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Child Clinical Psychology, Physiology of Behavior, The Trojan War, creative writing
Tips for First Semester: Don’t let the time commitment of swimming scare you! There is plenty of time to do all your work AND swim (and have fun, too) as long as you use your time wisely
Name: Sarah Tucker Year of Graduation: 2013
Hometown: Pittsfield, MA Major/Minor: Biology
Events: Backstroke, IM House: Cushing
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Invertebrate Diversity, Russian
Tips for First Semester: It will all get done so don’t worry!
Name: Victoria Wu
Year of Graduation: 2014
Hometown: Avon, CT
Major/Minor: Pre-Dental, Engineering Major, Studio Art Minor
Events: 100 BR, 200 BR, 200IM
House: Haven
Favorite Classes Taken at Smith: Marine Ecology, Chinese 110
Tips for First Semester: Don’t be afraid to take chances. They’re worth it.
