Throughout the spring semester, we are honoring our senior student-athletes with a "Senior Salute" series. Today's featured senior is Mia Chen, a communication sciences and disorders major from South Barrington, Illinois. Chen is a member of the swimming and diving team.
Q: Why did you choose to attend The College of Wooster?
A: I chose Wooster because of the amazing balance between academics and athletics. I also really enjoyed the sense of community, and everyone was so welcoming.
Q: What does it mean to you to be a Fighting Scot student-athlete?
A: To me, being a Fighting Scot student-athlete means being given the opportunity to do the things you love and to learn and grow as a person.
Q: What are some of your favorite memories as a student at The College of Wooster?
A: The Florida training trip with the swimming and diving team because it is a great way to bond with all my teammates.
Q: What's the best part about being a student-athlete at The College of Wooster?
A: The best part about being a student-athlete at Wooster is how supportive everyone is of each other and how we push each other to be the best students and athletes we can be.
Q: What else were you involved with on campus besides your sport?
A: I am a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). I also worked as a summer research assistant in the Spanish department for a summer.
Q: Which College of Wooster faculty or staff member has made the greatest impact on you and why?
A: My Independent Study advisor Dr. (Joan) Furey has made a great impact on me. She has been so supportive of me throughout the I.S. process, grad school application process, in my academics, and with my personal life.
Q: What other people or resources impacted your Wooster experience in a positive way and how did these people/resources set you up to be successful at Wooster?
A: The Writing Center has really helped me become a better writer throughout my four years at Wooster. They are so encouraging and helpful when it comes to writing papers for class.
Q: Tell us a bit about your Independent Study project?
A: For my I.S., I am looking at the clinical considerations of speech-language pathologists when working with Spanish-English bilingual adults with aphasia. Through survey distribution, I am investigating SLPs assessment and treatment practices of this population and how practices of monolingual and bilingual clinicians may differ.
Q: Tell us a bit about something cool you did as a student at The College of Wooster?
A: I had the opportunity to be a student clinician in the Freedlander Speech and Hearing Clinic. I really enjoyed providing speech and language services to those in the Wooster community and learned a lot about what it is like to work in the field of speech-language pathology.
Q: Reflecting back on your time at Wooster, what is one piece of advice you would give your first-year (freshman) self?
A: I would tell my first-year self to go after the opportunities given to you. Also, enjoy the small things that make you happy.
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