Lauren Mandell Wins Lake Forest College Off-Campus Study Essay Contest

2012 May 9

Lake Forest College student Lauren Mandell `12, of Prospect Heights, Illinois, is the winner of the Spring 2011 Off-Campus Study Essay Contest. She spent last spring on the Washington Semester Program, working in the office of Congresswoman Gabrille Giffords. All students who study on an approved off-campus program write reflections upon their return describing the students' activities during their time away and, more importantly, how those experiences changed their perspective and what they learned about a new environment and about themselves. These essays are automatically entered into the contest. which is then judged by Lake Forest College faculty and staff.

Read the winning student reflections here.

Mandell is a graduate of Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Lake Forest College is a national liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The College has 1,500 students representing 47 states and 78 countries. For more information visit www.lakeforest.edu.