Junior Carmen Cuadra poses with a globe and her native flag on Nov. 3. Cuadra was an international business major from Nicaragua. Noah Darnell These hand-made mud jars are from Catarina and are sold to help raise money for poverty stricken schools in Nicaragua. Cuadra received these from a friend who claims they are passed down through genera– tions. Noah Darnell Exp laining the history of her flag , Junior Carmen Cuadra stands praudly in the Mclnteer Rotunda Nov. 3. "The blue on either side of the flag represents the water surrounding Nicara– gua," she said. Noah Darnell \NTER.NAT\ONALL'f SEASONED Going to college is something many high school stu– d ents dream about. Some students want to stay close to home, while others wanl to get as far away from home as possible. Once students made it to college they were faced with all new problems. Some worried about missi ng home and oth– ers about how they we re go ing to manage th eir busy schedules whiJe maintaining a socia l life. For junior Carmen Cuadra these problems were only th e su rface of her college life, but somehow she managed to make it through each day. When Cuadra, a n ative of Nicaragua, was in high school she knew she wanted to attend a college out side of h er home country, but sh e didn't know where . Cuad ra said sh e was read– ing t he newspaper o n e day when she read about th e Walton Scholarship and she d ecided to apply even though sh e did not think she would qualify. Cuadra was very surprised when she found out she quali – ned for the scholarship and she wou ld have the chance to at– tend Ha rding. She wanted to return to N icaragua afte r sh e completed college so she h ad to choose her major ca refully. "I want to go back to my country and help improve the economic and polit ical situation," Cuadra said. Knowing she wanted to help change some of the issues he r cou ntry faced, Cuadra chose to double major in eco– nomics and internationa l business . C hoosing a major was just t he beginni ng for Caud ra . She kn ew sh e wanted to learn everything about her majors so she decided to join the re – spective club for each major she chose. For her business majol' Cuadra joined the International Busi ness SOCiety (IES) and for her eco nomics major she joined Stud ents in Free Enterprise (S IFE). But Caud ra d id not stop there. She a lso knew she want – ed to help o th er South American studen ts so sh e d ec ided to b ecome a part oftheJesus Project, which helps kids in El Sa lvador, and Smites for C hri st which h e lps kids in H on– duras. Man y coll ege students would be overwhehned with a schedu le like Caudra's, but sh e was not. Caudra even found time to be a student worker for Hardi ng Character Initia – t ive. H e !. While working a t HC I , Caudra did research fo r Dr. Budd H erbert. director of the program. and she helped coordinate the Wallon schola r inter.riews. " I try to make a sched u le, but I just go with the flow," Caud ra said. Natalie Oliver , Caudra boss at H C l , said Caudra is a very hard worker. " It [h as] been impress ive to me how Carmen juggles many jobs as well as interact ing with people in her second language, " Oliver sa id . "Not to mention he l' school work." Since coming to Ha rding, Cuad ra took the initiative to get involved in her academics and the organizations tha t wou ld help he r accomplish t he goals sh e had set for herself in the futu re. Despite additional chall enges of college life su ch as using a second la nguage, Cuadra excelled in making the mos t of h e r time at Harding . Roberto McGowan business 205
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