ASHLEY SOUTHWICK 

Junior in Chemical Engineering

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What high school did you attend?

Wilson High School (West Lawn)

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What activities (clubs) are you involved in outside of WEPO?

Club Water Polo, SWE

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What Internship/Co-Op/Study Abroad or Research experience have you had?

RPA Engineering after my freshman year, and Quadrant this summer

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Why did you choose to come to Penn State?

PSU has a great engineering program and the football games

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What is your best Penn State or engineering memory?

Meeting all my friends and storming the field after Ohio State

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What did you wish you knew as a first-year engineer?

I wish that I had truly known that college would be more work than high school

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What was your favorite class you took as a freshmen?

CMLIT 108 Myths and Mythology

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What is a fun fact about yourself?

I play water polo and I have a brother that is going to be a first year student at Penn State in the fall!