Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Introductory Essay

My name is Rachel Hurd and I am currently a senior Mechanical Engineering major at Clemson. I also play on the women's soccer team there, and I am pursuing a minor in management. This summer I am living at home in Sammamish, WA because I just started an internship with The Boeing Company. I am working with a group of procurement agents in supplier management there.

I also have two younger sisters, one of which is a freshman soccer player at Penn State and the other is a sophomore in high school where she is very involved in the school's business club. In my spare time (which I wish I had more of!), I really enjoy reading and catching up on television shows. My book interest usually varies when I have enough time to really devote myself to it, but this past Christmas break I read The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis in it's entirety. As far as television shows go, I recently watched a number of "Cheers" episodes as a sort of break from my final studies this past semester. I also enjoy traveling, and I try to stay up to date on world events. My favorite trip to date was when my dad, youngest sister, and I drove my car from Seattle to Boston and then down to Clemson-- stopping almost everywhere in between! I haven't been to Europe yet, but I will hopefully be visiting there at some point before I have to enter the real world.

As far as some life goals go, I am in the process of trying to get to Kenya with a NewSpring Church mission trip next year. After college I will hopefully get a job in the aerospace industry, as airplanes have been my passion since before I can remember. Hopefully this will also someday let me earn my private pilot's license!

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