introduction blog/ blog for 1/16

                My name is Claire Webb. I am a junior Political Science major with minors in International Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies. While I am not a pre-law major, I plan to attend law school after graduating from UE. I would like return home to Michigan for law school. Here at UE I am the vice president of Phi Alpha Delta, which is a law fraternity, if anyone reading this is interested in law school you should come visit me and we can talk more about Phi Alpha Delta. I play the violin and am in the University Symphony Orchestra (so everyone should come to Orchestra concerts).

 I hale from Okemos, MI. Okemos is a suburb of Lansing, which of course is the capitol of Michigan, and it is also about a 15 minute drive from Michigan State University.  I graduated high school in 2012 from the creatively named Okemos High School. I have one little sister who is currently a senior at OHS. She will be attending Trine University next year (how both of us ended up in Indiana will forever elude me).

I grow up in the United Methodist tradition (so yay scholarships). Because of the other people in the church including youth leaders peers and off course my parents, I became interested in service to others. My interest and service to others helped me to develop an interest in social justice.  My interest in social justice is one reason why I chose to take this class. Another reason I took this class is because I am a Gender and Women’s studies minor. This class will fulfill a requirement for that minor. I am also taking this class because I believe it will be interesting. It will also be important in today’s changing times to focus on social justice. Also, I would like to be a lawyer. For a long time I wanted to do advocacy and advocate for social justice issues. I want to do service and this class will help prepare me for service, it is also a good resume builder. I have never taken a religion class before (unless you count Sunday school). I am looking forward to a new experience and very much looking forward to this class.

I am very excited about this class. And I am looking forward to getting to know everyone else. I hope that I will learn and grow a lot. I believe that this will be a very interesting class.