One of the biggest reasons I came to Skidmore was to learn from a professor who knew 我的名字.  
 
四年后，我有了22位教授. 他们绝对知道我的名字. 很多人还 know my personality, career interests, talents and that I’m from Lake George, New 纽约.  

Sure, I’ve learned plenty of academic things from them. 但真正引起共鸣的是 are the lessons they’ve taught me that extend far beyond the classroom.  

Here are three people, and three lessons, I’ll never forget.  

希望Casto

教育学副教授

希望Casto has been with me since day one. 作为我的学术顾问，她确保我 课程方面. 她还做了更多的事情.  

Professor Casto’s office has been a second home for me on this emotional roller coaster 叫大学. Whether it was stress, fear or anxiety, excitement or happiness, she 欢迎和指导.  

She did her advisor duties, helping me pick out classes I would be interested in, while also stepping in as a caring mentor. 她尽我所能帮助我 put on my plate without feeling overwhelmed, while also finding new and exciting opportunities 让我试一试.  

她教会我的是:相信自己.  

Even when I couldn’t comprehend how I’d get through, she believed I would be fine. In her words, “Lexi, I’m not worried about you. 我一直都知道你会想办法的.”  

A steady voice of reason, her confidence in me grew my own self-confidence. 这是 something so valuable, I can barely put words to it. 

Learn more about 希望Casto and education studies 

丹尼尔一. 内森

美国研究教授 

I have taken five classes with Daniel 内森. 通过选择. 正如他曾经说过的，这就够了 classes to be “both proud and embarrassed at how well we know each other.“但是它。 不全是好玩和游戏. Professor 内森 was tough on me, too, pushing me to think 更大、更广、更深. 

他教给我的:试一试. 问一问也无妨.  

When I was a junior, I was working on a documentary on the Skidmore men’s basketball 团队. It was turning out fine, but I knew it could be better with information from one very important person — President Philip A. Glotzbach. 他当然很平易近人， 但我怀疑他是否会回应. I was ready to settle on mediocre when 内森 stepped in. “试试吧，莱西，”他说. “The worst that could happen is he says ‘no.“好吧, 他说，是的.”   

He also taught me: Take one thing at a time.  

The world threw a lot of things my way during my time at Skidmore. 其中一些是 gigantic papers and historic movie analyses for Professor 内森. 如果我慌了，他就 总是说:“一次只做一件事. 你可能拿不到A，但没关系. 你可以 总是做得更好.”

Learn more about Daniel 内森 and American studies   

Jeffrey Segrave

Professor of health and human physiological sciences

First, Jeffrey Segrave’s cheery, British accent is unforgettable. 第二，他的激情 for the Olympics and sport as a whole is absolutely magnetic. 但对我来说，更多的是 than a casual Union Jack reference or Manchester United score. 

What he taught me: How to be there for other people.  

Segrave is the perfect representation of what Skidmore really is — a community. 和 he leads by example, showing up for others no matter how busy he is.  

You’ll see Segrave in the classroom and then again at your basketball game, and again when you’re giving a presentation, and then again when you’re receiving that award 你这么努力的工作.  

While he’s definitely not alone in this, he’s a shining example of how Skidmore professors 关心的不仅仅是学术. They are also interested in your passions and 课堂外的成就.  

The lesson here is about how he made me feel — that I matter, that I’m cared for, 我的归属. By sharing in my passions, he inspired me to be more passionate.  

Learn more about Jeffrey Segrave and Health and Human Physiological Sciences

火博体育的未知因素:我们的教授  

As I shared, these are only three of 22 professors I’ve had at Skidmore. 从 literary masters and modern-day science savants to passionate social activists and dedicated medical researchers, they have filled my brain with more knowledge than 我从未想象过.

但它们也充满了我的心.  

They’ve been leaders and mentors, confidants and caregivers. 他们热情地挥手 from the stands and walked entirely out of their way so they could keep hearing me 说话.  

他们培养了我最好的一面. 这对一个人来说意味着整个世界 难道整个世界都在他们前面吗.