Renae Kakabar

Senior in Civil Engineering

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What high school did you attend?

Forest Hills

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What activities are you involved in outside WEPO?

ASCE, Chi Epsilon, STEP-UP, Lion Ambassador, SWE

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

The EADS Group, HRI Inc.

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Why did you choose to come to Penn State?

I choose to come to Penn State because it has an amazing engineering program. Also I come from a big Penn State Family.

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What is your best Penn State or engineering memory?

My best Penn State memory would have to be hanging out with my friends in Kunkle. We try to study there but usually we always get distracted by each others company.

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What advice would you give a first-year engineer?

My advice to a first-year engineering student would have to be to take every opportunity that life throws at you because you never know what might happen.

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What was your favorite class you took as a freshmen?

My favorite class I took as a freshmen was Environmental Studies 101. It was one day a week and it was a evening class. Often times we just talked about environmental issues.

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What is a fun fact about yourself?

I am a beekeeper! As of right know I have 3 hives!