This past summer I was honored with a full scholarship from the U.S. State Department to intensively study Arabic for six weeks in Morocco with the National Security Language Initiative for Youth. I had a lot of memorable experiences, but one in particular, I will never forget. A hammam is a traditional Moroccan bathhouse and a famous facet of Moroccan society. After going through narrow roads only motorcycles could fit through, passing vendors selling chebekia and rife, and seeing...

Upon leaving university, I plan to work internationally to create policy to mitigate human effects on the environment. This goal demands the specific skill set of being well versed in both international affairs and environmental issues. For these reasons, I was excited to see that CMC offers the unique major of Environment, Economics, and Politics. In this major, I can study both environmental issues and international affairs, for which I can better understand the connectivity of the two areas of...