So Long, Supergirl
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The busy life of a student scholar
hat does Siena Heights offer
a “self-proclaimed nerd” who
loves school, loves learning,
and keeps all her textbooks instead of selling
them at the end of the semester?
What, indeed!
“I had no idea, coming to Siena Heights, that
I would be able to write two plays and see
them produced, that I would edit a magazine, that I would sing Renaissance music
and perform in four Madrigal Dinners! You
can do as much as you want at Siena,” says
Jennifer ‘Jen’ Letherer ‘02.
A summa cum laude English/theatre double
major and co-recipient (with summa cum
laude biology major Lacey Wilmot ‘02)
of the Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Award, Jen is a sterling example of the student scholar. Coming to SHU from a farm in
Pittsford, she lived on campus for four years,
taking every opportunity she found to extend
her education beyond the basics.
She participated one way or another, on
stage or off, in almost every theatre produc-
tion during her time here. She sang with
the Cecilian Choristers and the Madrigal
Singers. She became a McNair Scholar. She
contributed to, then became literary editor
of, the literary magazine Eclipse. She wrote,
produced and performed a one-person play,
“So Long, Supergirl,” for her senior project;
and wrote another play, “Dreaming of Sugarplums and Maintenance Men,” for a friend
to produce.
Still, she says, “I wish I’d had time to take
photography, more art, some music theory
and more literature.”
After graduation, Jen spent the
summer working at the Croswell
Opera House. She hopes to spend
a year in some kind of internship
before going on to graduate school
in film. She aims to become a filmmaker.
“Siena Heights might look like
your typical university, but there’s
so mu