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On campus Rosa Taylor The Freshman Experience

Well, Hello There, Wagner!

Hello, readers!

My name is Ro, and I am a rising senior at Wagner College majoring in Arts Administration. I am an international student from England, where I grew up in a small countryside town called Morpeth, which is about a 6 hour drive north of London. Nothing exciting really happens in Morpeth… we made national news once when the town flooded, but that’s about it. So naturally I decided to move to the most exciting city in the world, New York! I graduated high school in 2011, and took a gap year in which I backpacked in South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. It was definitely the coolest and most eye-opening experience of my life. I did some awesome stuff like visiting the North Korean border, zip lining from island to island in Thailand, and climbing the 272 steps at Kuala Lumpur's Batu Caves. When I got home, I headed to the US Embassy in London and got my student visa so I could move to the US for college. I spent two years studying in the beautiful Philadelphian suburbs before transferring to Wagner for Fall 2014.

Backpacking in Koh Tao, Thailand
Backpacking in Koh Tao, Thailand

I spent my first year here meeting a ton of amazing people and getting involved on campus. I am currently the Vice President of the Society of Arts Administration Students, a sister of Alpha Omicron Pi, an RA in Harborview, and I work in the box office and backstage for Mainstage productions. Incoming Freshmen, the best piece of advice I can give you is to get involved! If you have questions about any of the things I’m involved in, feel free to add and message me on Facebook!

AOII at Songfest 2015
AOII at Songfest 2015

This summer I was lucky enough to land my dream internship, working in a management office on Broadway. After a super stressful semester of applying and interviewing for internships, I was offered the Management Intern position at Roundabout Theatre Company, Broadway’s largest not-for-profit. This internship has offered me some really amazing opportunities like attending an opening night party, shadowing the Company Manager of On the Twentieth Century during a pre-show, and touring the American Airlines Theatre, the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, and the Metropolitan Opera House. More on this in a later post, but long story short - I absolutely love it and am learning so much about the industry I am going to work in.

Outside the Met Opera House with some fellow interns before an amazing backstage tour!
Outside the Met Opera House with some fellow interns before an amazing backstage tour!

So, that’s me in a nut shell, I guess! I can’t wait to share my summer with everyone and maybe impart some wisdom on surviving/making the most out of college! Cheers to some of the best years of our lives.

Enjoying my first All-American Homecoming with the Wagner Seahawk
Enjoying my first All-American Homecoming with the Wagner Seahawk