While
at St. Lawrence, the economics major she studied with the University’s
Washington
Semester, when her interest in law was sparked. She also interned
with retired Judge Eugene Nicandri in Canton, convincing her that
law school was the right direction.
Even as a senior law student faced with final exams,
Melody found time to be the Reunion
Development Chair for the class of 2001 for their first reunion. Since
she graduated, she notices a special bond among alumni. With the help
of a few other grads, she has gathered regional alumni together a
number of times, noting that “Alumni stick together and help
each other out.”
Throughout her St. Lawrence career, Melody kept
busy with her sorority sisters in Kappa
Kappa Gamma, where she learned about the benefits of philanthropy
work. She also worked for Admissions
and on the Panhellenic Council. Melody was a part of the Thelomathesian
Society (student government).
She realizes that all of the jobs and opportunities
she had at St. Lawrence are because of the generosity and the hard
work of the alumni from before her time. “The opportunities I had at St. Lawrence
put me where I am,” she says, “and I volunteer to help
so I can give back to St. Lawrence what it gave me, and so I can give
other students the same opportunities I had.”
