2020 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
2020: Did not compete due to COVID-19 restrictions ... Liberty League All-Academic ...
2017-19: Did not run ...
High School: Competed in cross country, ice hockey, lacrosse and track ... Dormitory proctor ... Scholastic Art Award Gold Key (photography) ... Cumings Prize ... Franciz Prize ... "The First" (choir) ...
Personal: Mechanical Engineering major (undergrad and grad) ... Undergraduate research in mechanical properties of synthetic tissues ... Senior advisor and former president of Women at Rensselaer Mentor Program ... Armenian Students' Association ... Rensselaer Leadership Award ... Quality Engineering Risk Management intern with Novocure (2020) ... Engineering intern with W.L. Gore & Associates Medical Division (2019) ... Engineering intern with Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (2018) ... Daughter of Samara and Michael John Gallagher ... Brother in Rensselaer Class of 2017 and sister in Class of 2023.
On attending Rensselaer: "When I graduated college, I wanted to be proud of what I learned and where my degree would take me. Rensselaer is the perfect fit. It also helped that my brother would be a senior the year I would start college. I was proud to watch him grow as a scholar and person while he was at Rensselaer, and I was inspired to join the community." - August 2020
Benefits of undergraduate community: "The people I have met at RPI have been what made my experience here so great. The support I have received from friends and classmates, both in and out of the classroom, is truly remarkable. Everyone here works hard, and we get through challenges together by lifting each other up." - August 2020
