The Honors Platform
Vol I, Issue I, Spring 2013 82
Contributors Megan Gill, a senior from Traverse City, MI, is double majoring in Political Science and English with a Creative Writing emphasis. She hopes to become a political speechwriter, aside from one day having a collection of her poetry published. Writing has been her passion from an early age, and as she has developed as a writer, she has become increasingly interested in poetry.
Spencer Winthrop Grubbs is an alumnus of Central Michigan University from the Grand Rapids, MI area, with a Bachelor of Science degree in sociology. Probably the most notable highlights of his college career are the three study-abroad trips he took, which included a semester in Tilburg, Netherlands where he collected data for his Honors research project. Currently, he is taking a break from school and traveling to New Zealand where he will be working seasonal jobs and, in general, participating in whatever opportunities come my way. He is also in the process of researching schools for a Master’s degree in sociology. A few of the schools on his watch list include the University of Auckland in New Zealand, Cambridge University in the UK, and Freie Universitat of Berlin.
Stephanie Oldeck is a second year student at Central Michigan University and is majoring in English with a creative writing concentration and a minor in advertisement. As of this moment, she wishes to become an editor at a publishing company, but aspires to write a best-selling novel in the next twenty years. Her preferred genre of writing is fantasy, but she dapples in all areas and is a versatile writer. Oldeck is originally from Tecumseh, MI and graduated from Tecumseh High School in 2011. Though a small town, she draws inspiration from its pleasant aspects and uses her high-school friends as a basis for many of her characters.
Lauren Presutti is a third-year Centralis Scholar and Sociology major. Presutti also serves as a Peer Advisor in the Office of Study Abroad, having extensively traveled herself. She hopes to pursue a career in higher education. In the meantime, she has enjoyed exploring the sociological connotations of everyday objects, including comic books. Her research intends to demonstrate the deep significance latent within the banal, bringing to light what is otherwise overlooked.