Miranda Budd was awarded the Nerney Leadership Award during Cabrini Day last Tuesday for the service she participated in last year.
Budd participated in a SAT prep group that targeted underprivileged youth. Budd specialized in the mathematics department and teamed up with another student that helped youth with the English aspect of the SAT.
“I helped with math along with the other student who helped with English. We would sit in the room with the kids and the teachers would hand out worksheets and then we would go around and help the kids with the answers,” said Budd, sophomore criminology major.
For Budd, this was completely unexpected.
“My friend did this two years ago and then last year brought it up to me and said it was only her doing it and she needed someone else to assist her so I decided I would try it out,” Budd said
Budd could not commit to serving the underprivileged youth this year because she did not qualify for the work study program since she is currently working in the mailroom. However, Budd is looking to get back in touch with the professors for next year.
“Since I am already working in the mailroom, I couldn’t partake in the SAT prep sessions, but I really want to get back in touch with the professors next year and try to do it again,” Budd said.
Not only did Budd enjoy serving and helping those in need of service, but also in turn helped further her own education.
“For me, it was sort of a refresher in the math aspect. I relearned materials that I had already learned in high school and had started to forget. It was really helpful for me because I had forgotten so much of what I learned in high school,” Budd said.
Everyone can relate to Budd in the aspect of forgetting some materials that were taught in high school. Often times you will hear people complain about the purpose of learning what they are learning. However, for Budd, that’s not what it was about.
“Often times I hear people ask ‘when will I ever use this in life?’ In my experience it isn’t always about how you will use it for your own benefit, but instead using it for other individual’s benefits. In my case, that’s exactly what it was,” Budd said.
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