{"id":7766,"date":"2017-11-16T09:54:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T15:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=7766"},"modified":"2018-01-16T11:08:57","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T17:08:57","slug":"star-katie-geerling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/star-katie-geerling\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Star: Katie Geerling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katie Geerling
\nMajor: Science
\nGraduation Year: 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"All-Star<\/a><\/p>\n

Before launching an All-Star career as an aerospace engineer, Katie Geerling is continuing to make a significant impact during her time at Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP. <\/p>\n

Geerling, who will graduate in 2019, is a peer tutor, a member of the Body Pride Team and an Apple Corps student while carrying a 3.8 GPA.<\/p>\n

Apple Corp members assist students with their iPad, which all full-time, undergraduate Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPstudents receive as part of the university\u2019s Digital World program. <\/p>\n

\u201cApple Corps members are here to help students and, sometimes, faculty with questions and problems about using the iPads, for general things and also for more specific programs that a lot of classes use for assignments and projects,\u201d says Geerling.<\/p>\n

As a peer tutor, Geerling helps students who may need extra aid outside the classroom.<\/p>\n

\u201cI specifically tutor for some of the math and physics classes we have here, and try to help other students see the concepts in a way that makes sense for them, since everyone learns and thinks a little differently,\u201d says Geerling. <\/p>\n

As part of the Body Pride Team, she raises awareness of eating disorders, unhealthy influences and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cI joined the Body Pride Team because I\u2019ve always believed it\u2019s really important that people learn to love their bodies and all of themselves despite how much influence there is in society to feel a need to be \u2018perfect,\u2019\u201d says Geerling. \u201cThat can be so damaging to people, and so unhealthy, and I really think groups like Body Pride Teams are important everywhere, especially at schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

Geerling says she handles coursework with her student life through time management.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s taken me a while to learn what works best for myself, but being consistent with my schedule makes all my commitments work out,\u201d says Geerling. <\/p>\n

After graduation, she plans to attend grad school for aerospace engineering and then working for NASA or Boeing to help design and build rockets for space flight.<\/p>\n

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