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Senior
I am researching antibiotic resistance as a global public health problem.
Senior
It’s really cool that here at Knox, I am given the opportunity to do and create like this, rather than just research and research.
Senior
I thought it would be cool to see how the designation of consonance and dissonance has changed over time.
Senior
I went to Uganda in East Africa in 2009, and I ended up being a youth counselor for a girl who was at risk.
Senior
I'm writing an extended nonfiction piece about my experiences as a transman [female-to-male transgender].
Senior
I realize that I do want to work in industry for awhile and use the skills I have gained through college in an industrial setting...
Junior
I’ve learned about perseverance and tolerance, being able to cope with difficulties.
Sophomore
Since coming to Knox, I’ve learned how to take advantage of more opportunities and to be more self aware.
Sophomore
Knox is one of a kind, and what we offer here is like nothing else I found elsewhere.
Sophomore
I wanted a school where the students were diverse not only racially, but economically and through their ideology as well.
Junior
... I find that surrounding myself with people who are as committed to service as I am helps me to live my ideals.
Senior
I felt as though I was a part of the community instantly, even as a prospective student.
Senior
As an African American student, it's really important to me that there be a support system of students who can relate to being a minority on a college campus.
Sophomore
I chose Knox because of the people and the atmosphere. It was so inviting and loving and I felt like I could thrive here and do anything.
Senior
My Honors project is on mutation accumulation in fruit flies. I'm looking to see how mutations develop over time.
Sophomore
When I traveled to Germany for a month, I spoke to Germans about the Anglicization of their culture.
Junior
Learning the material from a new [German] perspective allowed me to develop a more holistic approach.
Sophomore
My trip to Morocco has really pushed me onto the international relations path.
Senior
I want to get a handle on what exactly that world looks like, and how do I enter it and find a place in it?
Senior
I have always been interested in a more get-in-the-dirt aspect of history.
Senior
It ended up being just a great place to network with people in all artistic fields.
Senior
I will be able to make more meaningful connections before I get into the profession of professional dancing.
First Year
I wanted something that can get me above all the other people who want to get into med school.
Junior
The skills I gained while studying abroad will undoubtedly help me in the future.
Senior
I think the liberal arts experience in general, and especially at Knox, helped a lot because I've been able to try my hand at so many different things that otherwise I might not have been able to.
Senior
I feel like over the last four years at Knox, I've probably grown more as a person than I have, ever.
Senior
Everything I have done at or through Knox has just been one growing experience after another.
Junior
I grew up in public schools that were underserved by teachers. I want to do something about it.
Senior
My professors emphasize the importance of being true to the field that you're teaching.
Junior
I always loved mowing the back yard. My motivation was so that I could play on it, but I really just loved doing it, so I just kept making it better.
Junior
Physics is concrete and theater is freer. If I don't have both, then I'm not satisfied.
Senior
Being here has challenged everything I believe in -- in every facet of my life.
Senior
To re-establish the value of food we must be aware of the lines from food producer to consumer.
Senior
I studied how gustatory tastes work with memories to identify events in our lives.
Senior
I'm researching how to bring environmental studies curriculum to elementary schools.
Senior
Off the field I've learned how to be a better person, how to be a leader.
Post-baccalaureate fellow
I wound up at Knox because I found this school whose mission is one of acceptance, where everyone can be themselves.
Senior
The main thing I was looking for in a school was a program that would let me write a lot.
Junior
Going to Spain changed a lot of things for me. I want to fully enjoy my undergraduate years.
Senior
Computer Science is an interesting intersection of engineering and art form.
Sports Information, CSC-TV Channel 22 Technician
It doesn't matter where you come from: It is about setting goals and accomplishing them.
Junior
I'm really fascinated about functionality and art and making my own things.
Senior
A lot of the skills that I'm going to need for my Fulbright, I had been introduced to in Knox classes.
First Year
I love anything creative... art, drawing, sketching and inspired writing.
Senior
I want to do grass-roots social work in other countries. My Honors project shaped that decision.
Junior
It drove me crazy to see my bunk mates leave for a fire and tell me to hold down the fort and study for my test.
Junior
I was always interested in how the brain and body work together. I found a way to keep them both in my life.
Junior
I collected data showing a site where a group of Roman villas existed in Britain.
Senior
It is exciting to think that when I leave Knox, there is something I have done that I left behind.
Senior
I explored how employers and employees provide different assessments of whether a job is considered dangerous.
Senior
I think patience is one thing, but being persistent with your patience is something that is the test.
Senior
I researched organic and conventional agriculture, and how they relate to food security.
Sophomore
At Knox, you can be a neuroscience major and also really like religious studies.
Senior
Knox Habitat is a great lesson in community development. What better way to lead than by example?
Senior
I will miss having a random idea from left field and having so many faculty say 'Okay, how do we make this happen?'
Senior
I used a Wii Fit videogame machine to study the impact of force on the articular cartilage of the knee.
Senior
Fiction is untruth ultimately, so it is useless to the real world. That is the best quality of it.
Senior
I was really interested in the peace and conflict aspect of the Ireland program.
Kewanee, Illinois
I have always been curious about how people lived before all of the modern conveniences we are fortunate enough to have.
Sophomore
I am interested in how a place (a church, a college campus) is defined by the behaviors of the people.
Senior
The last four years have gone by so quickly. I will definitely miss playing collegiate golf.
Senior
Every class I teach will have technology integrated into its lesson plans.
Senior
Knox taught me not just how to multitask, but how to find what I want and how to do it.
Sophomore
I kept in touch with my high school friends and helped bring them to Knox.
Senior
The best thing about activities that go on at Knox is that almost all of them are student-initiated.
Sophomore
I want to go to grad school and study forensic science, something like the guys on 'CSI.'
Senior
I looked at selfhood, emotions of freedom, and nostalgia and death -- all those fun things.
Senior
I invented an instrument to aid orthopedic surgeons performing knee replacement surgery.
Senior
I've learned a lot from being a coach. Sometimes you've got to be hard-nosed.
Sophomore
My research gave me a much greater understanding of the culture and the workings of the public health system in Nicaragua.
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