Real People Profiles: Collin Wojciechowski

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:27:00 -0500
real-people-profiles

I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.

Name: Collin Wojciechowski

Hometown: Pasadena, Maryland

Q: How long have you been at UMBC?

A: This is my fourth semester atop this hill in Catonsville.

Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?

A: Director, Office of Government and Community Affairs (SGA)

Opinion Editor, The Retriever Weekly

Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?

A: I lobby for student issues in Annapolis and ramble about liberal things.

Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?

A: Fighting for the underdog. Students can sometimes be overlooked in the legislative process and I enjoy doing my best to put them at the forefront.

Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?

A: Education is the building block of any just society and we would be nothing without it. The candidate for state office that I worked for this fall taught me that. Smart guy, should have won. So I guess the other important thing I learned while here is, politics means unpredictability and sometime disappointment but you never stop fighting.

Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"

A: Arrested Development. If your not watching it, we may have difficulty being friends.

Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?

A: If you are coming back to campus on 695 West at sunset, just as you merge with the traffic coming from 95, if you look to the left you can see the top of the library lit up, calling you home. Don't take your eyes off the road though. Distracted driving. Not good.