Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Between her duties as the Student Legislative Awareness Board co-director, Student Senate community affairs director and Kappa Kappa Gamma president, Katie Loyd rarely gets the chance to take walks or watch the Food Network, which are two of her favorite ways to relax. Staying busy isn’t all bad said Loyd, a Lawrence junior.
“I do better when I’m busy,” she said. “When I get the chance to sit down I realize how tired I am. I have to keep going or I’ll get overwhelmed.”
Loyd’s busy schedule could keep anyone moving — not only is she involved outside of the classroom in extracurricular activities, but she is also a double major in political science and sociology. Loyd said that over the course of her years at the University she had learned that excelling both inside and outside of the classroom was the key to success in college.
“Part of going to college is not just getting the degree but learning to be a citizen,” she said. “Whatever you put in is what you get out. You should take away so much more than class time. Building relationships and professional experience will really help in your future.”
Loyd’s own future was shaped by one of the many extracurricular experiences that she had at the University. Last year she was on the committee that selected Richard Lariviere to become the University’s new provost, and through her behind-the-scenes look into higher education she found what she wanted to do with her life.
“Working with higher education and seeing what provosts do was absolutely fascinating,” she said. “I plan to apply my theory of college life into my job, and I’ll work with students to help them make the most of their college experience.”
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I take on a lot but I always make sure to follow through. I always finish, not always successfully, but I am always thorough. I’ll always give it my best shot.
-Lawrence junior Katie Loyd
Loyd has made the most of her college experience by immersing herself in leadership roles. As the SLAB co-director, Loyd’s duties include holding voter registration drives, playing host to speakers and participating in Civic Engagement Week with the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics in the fall. As the Student Senate community affairs director, Loyd attends weekly city commission meetings, where she is the University’s student representative, and handles matters such as noise ordinances and transportation. As the Kappa Kappa Gamma president, Loyd runs chapter meetings, oversees 17 officers and approximately 150 collegiate members and has even been asked to “unclog the upstairs toilet,” she said.
“It is such a big job every day,” Loyd said.
With her numerous responsibilities to the many groups that she is a part of, it helps that Loyd, in her own words, is diligent.
“I take on a lot but I always make sure to follow through,” she said. “I always finish, not always successfully, but I am always thorough. I’ll always give it my best shot.”
Before she walks down the hill — her favorite University tradition — Loyd hopes to be known as a student who made a difference at the University.
“I want to be known as someone who was able to do what she wanted, someone who funneled their passions into some sort of collective body,” she said. “I want to be known as someone who made a little bit of a difference.”
— Edited by James Pinick
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