Peer Mentor Profile – Katrina Broughman
Year of graduation: 2013
Majors: English and Sociology
Minors: Education and Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution
Career Goals: Secondary (6-12) English Teacher; Journalist; PEACE CORPS; Sociologist; US President.
Classes taken at MBC: Biology 148/149, English 102, Business 100, Math 150, Education 115, MBC 101, Music 223, Sociology 284, Psychology 212, Psychology 214, English 208, English 209, English 216, Education 120, Sociology 100, Education 350, Education 310, Rel 234, Sociology 277, Psychology 277, Phys 100, Soc 254, Soc 200, English 220, Eng 221, Eng 247, Econ 272, Eng 346, Eng 315, Soc 262, Ren 100, Int 222, Soc 300, PHE 145, PHE 100, Eng 231, Span 101, Phe 175, Span 102, Soc 320, Eng 400, Soc 401, Ed 325, Psych 211
Areas of strongest academic interest/strength: Sociology, English, Education, Environmental Issues/Policy/Science, Creative Writing, Social Psychology, Renaissance Studies, Peacemaking, French, Poetry, Sustainability, Psychology, Literature
Favorites
Sport: Marching Band
Hobby: Writing poetry, photography, singing and playing clarinet in the band “Feeding the Hand That Bites;” anything artsy or fun; anything sociable
Band: “Sublime;” “System of a Down;” ”The Doors;” “Okay Go;” “Joni Mitchell;” The Beatles”
Song: “Summertime” by George Gershwin
Color: Green; the Rainbow
Food: Spinach
Book: On the Road by Jack Kerouac, Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv, and 1984 by George Orwell
Movie: Thirteen; Titanic; The Butterfly Effect; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Actor: Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Actress: Julia Roberts
Family
Hometown: Glasgow/Lexington, Virginia
Siblings: Sarah, sister; Megan, half sister; Niccole, half sister; Eric, half brother; Jonathan, step brother
Relatives: Mom, Dad, Granny, Uncle Whitey, Heather, Andrew, Chris, Josh, Tiffany,
Pets: Tiger, Clause, Thomas, and Sunshine (all cats)
Favorite trips: Hiking trips to beautiful far away places, band shows, traveling out West to Utah and beyond, traveling to Europe and beyond.
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