As a student of Spanish language and culture, Alaina Clemence \u201922 believes in the importance of intercultural understanding. By translating Spanish texts into English, she hopes to heighten intercultural empathy.<\/p>\n
Hometown:<\/strong><\/p>\n Odenton, Maryland.<\/p>\n Major<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Spanish<\/a>, with minors in\u00a0music<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0creative writing<\/a>.<\/p>\n Clubs and organizations<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Anwar Belly Dance Troupe (copresident), The Mermaid Players and Dickinson College Choir.<\/p>\n Honors\/scholarships\/awards<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n Benjamin Rush\u00a0Scholarship<\/a>, Trustee Scholarship, Dean\u2019s List and Sigma Delta Pi.<\/p>\n Favorite book:<\/strong><\/p>\n Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe<\/em>\u00a0by Benjamin Alire S\u00e1enz.<\/p>\n Favorite movie:<\/strong><\/p>\n Whisper of the Heart.<\/em><\/p>\n Best thing about my major:<\/strong><\/p>\n My favorite part about being a Spanish major is not just studying the language itself, which I love for its musicality and beautiful structure, but also for its potential for communication. My focus is translation, mainly because many more English texts are translated into other languages than vice versa. This creates the expectation that other countries should have knowledge of the English-speaking world, but the same is not expected of English speakers and the texts of other countries. I personally believe this contributes to a general lack of understanding and empathy for the ideas of non-English-speaking writers. Thus, translating the ideas of a Hispanic writer into English\u00a0so more people may establish intellectual and emotional connections to the content\u00a0is very important to me.<\/p>\n As I kid, I wanted to be \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2026 a veterinarian.<\/p>\n On choosing Dickinson:<\/strong><\/p>\n I was accepted Early Action, and I was trying to make my decision the weekend of Springfest. When I revisited the campus a third time with my family, I covered my nametag and walked around the campus, seeing how people treated each other and me as I walked by, and then I settled down for an hour in the library to study for my senior-year final exams, as if I were already a student at the college. As I worked, I realized that, in addition to loving the college\u2019s offerings on paper, I could be happy and successful on this campus. I can confidently say that has held true for all my years here!<\/p>\n Favorite place on campus:<\/strong><\/p>\n Rubendall Recital Hall.<\/p>\n Favorite Dining Hall food<\/strong>:<\/p>\n The shrimp and tofu noodle bowls.<\/p>\n Favorite professor:<\/strong><\/p>\n Professor of Music\u00a0Amy Wlodarski<\/a>! Whether it\u2019s about our choir repertoire or the sociopolitical nuances of a music history course, she makes the content so exciting to engage with that I genuinely cannot wait to exchange ideas with her and my peers. Her encouragement of critical thinking and\u00a0making connections across disciplines<\/a>\u00a0is one of my favorite things about the way she teaches, and I would highly recommend taking a course with her.<\/p>\n Little-known hobby\/talent:<\/strong><\/p>\n I can recite entire scripts of movies if I\u2019ve seen them enough times; my go-to examples are\u00a0Monster\u2019s Inc., Beauty and the Beast<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0How to Train Your Dragon.<\/em><\/p>\n Most important thing I\u2019ve learned so far:<\/strong><\/p>\n You will never regret putting in the effort to understand. Whether that is about your own learning habits, the content of a course or an opinion expressed by a peer, take time to reflect, make connections to your own experiences and knowledge and draw your own conclusions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As a student of Spanish language and culture, Alaina Clemence \u201922 believes in the importance of intercultural understanding. 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