OS News

Kate Balzer and Chelsea Carbary are the new peer mentors for the 2009-2010 academic year. As peer mentors, Kate and Chelsea will advise prospective students, help current students develop their concentration pathways, and much more.

Kate is currently studying an emphasis on nonprofit management and social change through the Organizational Studies curriculum. Within OS, she is a member of the Curriculum Committee and Women in Leadership Lessons (WiLL), and is a member of Professor Victoria Johnson's botanical garden research team, the "Snapdragons." Outside of OS, Kate is involved in several student organizations, including Invisible Children and University of Michigan Dance Marathon. Last summer she spent a month in Ghana working at a children's home, and hopes to continue nonprofit and development work after graduation.

Chelsea has focused her OS curriculum on "International Evolution and Adaptability." She is also pursuing a minor in Peace and Social Justice and intends to go to law school after graduating from Michigan. Chelsea is completing this semester abroad in Ireland, and she loves travelling, writing, music, and Ann Arbor.