Brooke James ’06, of Millbrook, N.Y., knew
four years ago she wanted to be senior class president. She decided
as a first-year student
at St. Lawrence that she wanted to be senior
class president. Having achieved her goal, she’s
now doing everything she can to cement class spirit.
Everyone at St. Lawrence knows everyone else’s name, and any
one student probably knows hundreds of friends, but Brooke wants to
do better than that. “I have heard it too often that people have
met great classmates a few days before graduation,” says the global
studies major and psychology minor. “I
want that to happen earlier this year.”
Aside from promoting class unity, as class president Brooke has helped
plan St. Lawrence’s 150th
anniversary observances, the Senior Dinner at which she was
a featured speaker, and Senior Week. She will also speak at Commencement.
Brooke cites her involvement with Kappa
Delta Sigma as one of her most important activities at SLU,
as well as her spring 2005 semester on St. Lawrence’s
program in Trinidad
and Tobago. “I was able to learn so much about
a country completely different from the U.S., as well as about myself
and my position in the world,” she reflects.
That program whetted her appetite for international travel. Following
graduation, she plans to spend a year traveling abroad, and is looking
at options for volunteering in Africa or Japan. She eventually hopes
to direct an international
study program at a university.
Although she anticipates missing the strength and friendliness of St.
Lawrence’s community, Brooke says that she will leave happy with
her accomplishments. “I feel I’ve used my time well, and
that I am ready to start new, exciting challenges on a professional
level,” she says.
