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Hi all!

I hope that you’re enjoying the Spotlight Series, featuring different Northeastern students on my blog! I wanted to provide a variety of perspective, which is SO important to make sure you are all aware of the diversity at Northeastern, here in Boston. 

But I mentioned Seattle in my title? What? How?

In case you did not know, Northeastern has more than just one campus! Boston is our main campus, home to all of our undergraduate programs and a slew of graduate programs as well. Other campuses include: Seattle, WA, Charlotte, NC, Silicon Valley, CA, and Toronto, Canada. These campuses focus on graduate programs, giving Northeastern students a chance to be a part of the Northeastern family outside of Boston. It’s incredible to have such an expansive network across the USA, but also internationally with all of the international offerings. 

So yes, I was in Seattle, in case you couldn’t tell from my awesome Rainier photo. It doesn’t always rain and yesterday (Tuesday) was a beautifully clear day, so all of the mountain ranges were clear! The Cascades and Olympics were out, with clear views of Mount Baker and Mount Rainier. My heart couldn’t be more full. 

I then went up to the Amazon highrises for lunch with my friend Anne-Marie, who is a Northeastern alumni working at Amazon, one of her former co-ops. And a trip to Seattle isn’t complete without a trip to Pike Place Market. Springtime flowers were everywhere - so beautiful!!

I was with some admissions members from the Boston campus to help run an admitted students session in Seattle for students who may not be able to travel to Boston beforehand. So we bring Boston to Seattle, ironically enough, on Northeastern’s Seattle campus in South Lake Union. 

I, alongside a Northeastern alumni and three Northeastern co-ops in Seattle, got to share my Northeastern story (aka this blog, pretty much) with many admitted students. Definitely a rad perk of being a tour guide. It’s always so nice to see students so excited about the future, which is what Northeastern is really about. We are building a future together, here in Boston, Seattle, Toronto, everywhere on the globe. 

So remember this: when you come to Northeastern, yes you are in Boston. Love Boston. Love the city with your entire heart. But know that Northeastern is always there to support you, wherever your Northeastern journey takes you before, during, and after college. 

(cue sappiness since I’m graduating)

Huge THANKS to NU Admissions for this opportunity to go to Seattle, one of my favorite places to be. 

-C

So excited to announce a guest blog series, featuring posts from students in all the different colleges at Northeastern: College of Science, Bouve College of Health Sciences, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, College of Arts, Media, and Design, College of Engineering, D'Amore McKim School of Business, and College of Computer and Information Sciences.

i love so many songs that aren’t emo but like, man, these are so emo

This is coming from a person whose favorite band is definitely still Modest Mouse

I went for a run and nominated Carry the Zero by Built to Spill

Alrighty folks...I'm heading to Dubai on Tuesday! 

I am so happy to announce I'll be traveling to Dubai with Northeastern's Empower Campaign, serving as a student ambassador and collecting stories from past, present, and future huskies. 

I'll be chronicling my time in the UAE here on my blog, and through Twitter (check out #EmpowerDubai & follow me @Jessica_Mertens).