2021 Award: Phi Alpha Theta Award for Excellence in History
Major: History
Hometown: Carnation, WA
Extracurricular activities: I am on the Women's Cross Country and Track team here at Gonzaga and am president of Gonzaga's history honors society, Phi Alpha Theta.
More about Mary Cate
Future plans:
I am pursuing a master's degree in Museum Studies at the University College Cork in Cork, Ireland next year. After that, I plan on working as a museum curator.
How has your major contributed to your professional or personal development?
Being a history major helped me to think more critically, learn how to draw connections between little things to understand the bigger picture, and become an excellent researcher. It also greatly expanded my world view and helped me to have a deeper understanding and informed view of the world.
What has been your proudest or most significant accomplishment during your Gonzaga career?
Writing and completing my senior thesis was one of my proudest accomplishments during my time at Gonzaga. I did not think I could write thirty pages on one topic, but somehow, I did it and ended up writing a really good paper. It was also rewarding to put the skills I had learned in my history classes to use, as it felt like the culmination of my hard work over the past four years.