A new teacher and recent grad is “channeling” her inner fun on campus for her new job.
Five years after graduating from Williston, Caroline Channell is back, but this time she’s planning the events for the students instead of participating in them.
Channell was hired this year as a history intern, and now is stepping into the crucial role of Interim Student Activities Director. She graduated in 2018 from Williston, then moved on to attend Haverford College, where she majored in political science, minored in economics and health studies, and also played field hockey.
Emily Hamann, a senior from Marlborough, Mass., believes Channell has bright ideas to go along with her positive energy.
“I think it’s awesome that she’ll bring a fresh set of ideas to the Wildest Cats,” she said. “Also, I think she’ll bring a contagious positive energy to the weekend activities.”
Kate Garrity, Associate Dean of Students, is pumped to have Channell step into her new role and believes the same characteristics that make her a success in the classroom will help her achieve great things in this new role.
“She loves this school, and is so passionate about making it great,” Garrity said admiringly. “She is one of the most organized people I know, and she’s not afraid to dive in and make changes when she sees them. I love that.”
Garrity praised Channell’s can-do attitude, and notes she has already gotten ideas flowing in her first days on the job.
“She’s spent the last few weeks researching everything we have ever done, which is awesome,” Garrity said. “She is going through recent activities, how we have done things, and then thinking about what tweaks we could make without totally changing it.”
Channell herself was a “Wildest Cat” when she was at Williston, and she began to gleam when she started talking about her new role.
“I’m really excited to work more directly with students on the community side of Williston,” Channell said.
Many of Channell’s core memories at Williston were not just in the classroom, and she looks forward to “build those core memories with students,” she said.
Despite having a new role, Channell is more excited than nervous.
“I was a Wildest Cat when I was at Williston, so I know how much fun it is.”
Channell describes herself as “silly” which she believes is “valuable especially when we are trying to get students to buy into events.”