Name: Tuyet Nguyen ‘03
Major: Anthropology
Hometown: East Boston, MA
Activities: Dance Ensemble, Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, Brush Art Gallery worker

From living in her sorority house to taking study trips to Peru and Costa Rica, Tuyet Nguyen ’03 has gotten what she has wanted out of St. Lawrence, though the thing that she likes most is the weather.
“I cherish the fact that after a long, bleak winter, a 40-degree day would be considered a heat wave with students in shorts and in Tevas,” she says.

Nguyen lives in Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and works in the Brush Art Gallery. She says that looking back on four years at St. Lawrence, her favorite class was Stagecraft. She hopes that someday, “I will be able to pick up a scalpel and perform open heart surgery.”

It’s what Nguyen has done outside of the classroom that she calls her most important experiences. “Taking that first initiative to pick up the application to study abroad changed my life,” Nguyen says. She calls her semester in Costa Rica “the best time of my college career. We interviewed locals who live by the beach and spent quality time with them to get the best understanding of culture through the youth.”

On campus, Nguyen has come to appreciate the Greek life. “The experience has been nothing less than superb. The integrity and traditions that I have learned within the Kappa house walls have taught me a new respect for the Greek system,” she says.