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Student Voices Blog Archive

  • Student Voices: Nic DeAngio

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    I started working at Swem in my very first week of freshman year and fell in love with the place immediately. On my first day, I wandered the library to fill out a scavenger-hunt-esque training exercise that introduced me to the labyrinth of books that serves as the cultural capital of our campus. The building really does it all.

  • Student Voices: CeeCee Bishop

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    Hello lovely people! My name is CeeCee and I'm a Student Associate in the Circulation department here at Swem.

  • Student Voices: Carrie Yang

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    Hi everyone! My name is Zihan Yang, most people know me as Carrie. I'm an international student from China and this is my third year at William & Mary (how time flies). Back home, I love to spend my free time at my high school's library and the public library, so when I came to college, the first place I went to check out was the library. I immediately fell in love with our Swem library because it's so beautiful and resourceful.

  • Student Voices: Shana Merker

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    Hiya everybody! I'm Shana Merker, a junior music and biology major, and I work as a student assistant in Content Services.

  • Student Voices: Elisabeth Merrifield

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    My name is Elisabeth Merrifield. Yes, it is spelled with an 's' and not a 'z' mainly because my parents did not want me to be called 'Liz' (it did not work). I am a senior at the College. I am double majoring in government and history. I transferred in the Fall of 2015 and have loved it here. I play for the Gold Women's Club Volleyball team and love my team. They are outstanding and ridiculously smart people.

  • Student Voices: Alexis Vitali

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    Hey, fellow Swem-goers! My name is Alexis and I have been working at Swem Circulation for over a year now. I started out as an assistant, shelving and sorting from the books needed for final papers. Last year, I was able to help deliver books to professors all over campus. And as it turns out, books can bring more excitement when you get to drive them in a golf-cart, trying not to get stuck behind tour groups (otherwise known as flamingos).

  • Selfie of Alea Al-Aghbari with the Colosseum in the background.

    Student Voices: Alea Al-Aghbari

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    In my first two years at W&M, I rarely went to Swem. It was crowded and busy and stressful, and I preferred the coziness of my own room. But for the past year and a half, I have stepped into Swem hundreds of times, more than my freshman self could have possibly imagined.