“IT WASN’T A COMPROMISE. I KNEW THAT I COULD DO EVERYTHING I WANTED AT SAINT MARY’S.”
Making the Connection
Liz Busam ’12 did something a little different before coming to Saint Mary’s last fall. She took a year off after high school and lived in Tokyo. “It was an amazing experience to meet so many other people that I would have never gotten to meet. Also, I was exposed to a culture vastly different from my own, which pushed me outside my comfort zone,” says Liz. “I learned a lot about myself through the process. I now know that I can survive in a big city by myself.”
The economics major from Columbus, Ohio, is doing more than surviving at Saint Mary’s. She’s thriving. “The best part of being a student here is all the connections you make with other students and the faculty,” says Liz. “I think that it is great to have professors that encourage you to try new things and expand your education in any way possible. The influence of all my professors really pushes me to do bigger and better things.”
Liz is involved with the Women’s Collegiate Choir, College Democrats, and Toastmasters International. “I chose to be in Toastmasters International because I feel that to be successful in any field I need to have the ability to speak well. I love the club because we work on public speaking, but we also get to hear each other’s stories.”
Liz says her favorite class is Italian conversation because she loves the language and the culture. This should all work toward her immediate plans to study abroad in Rome, and her future plans to do something in international economics. “I hope to learn a lot in Rome next year and take those experiences with me into the work world,” says Liz.