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Lauren Cox '10: "I wanted to join the Senior Class Gift Committee so that I could give back to the school in return for all that R-MC has offered me." |
It’s easy to pinpoint when Lauren Cox ’10 knew that Randolph-Macon College was the right choice for her. “I visited the campus with a family friend and soon-to-be sorority sister, Meg Shamburger ’07, who showed me around,” says Cox. “The passion that Meg felt for Randolph-Macon was intoxicating, and I knew I could connect here as well as she did.”
Building a Successful Future Cox, from Richmond, Virginia, is an
economics/business major with minors in
art history and studio art. She credits her uncle for giving her some solid advice regarding her education. “During my freshman year at R-MC, I was very interested in architecture and considered transferring to a school that offered an architecture program,” she says. “My uncle, an architect, advised me to finish at R-MC and earn a business degree before going on to study architecture. He suggested that I first get a strong liberal arts education before pursuing a specific field and said that a Randolph-Macon education would greatly benefit me once I am a practicing architect. Next year I will be attending Virginia Tech to pursue a master’s degree in architecture.”
To read more Student Experience stories, click here.Getting Involved Cox is a sister of Kappa Alpha Theta. “The sisterhood I have found in Kappa Alpha Theta has made my experience at R-MC the reason why I love this school so much,” she says. Cox has also been involved with the class board and is currently a member of the Senior Class Gift Committee. “As a soon-to-be graduate, I wanted to join the Senior Class Gift Committee so that I could help give back to the school in return for all that R-MC has offered me,” she says.
An Architect at Heart “I found that it was easy to get involved on campus,” says Cox, who played tennis for the Yellow Jackets for two years. “I was also a mentor for the Higgins Academic Center, a member of the College Judicial Board, and I was sophomore class president, but I had to stop those activities my senior year because I was doing an internship in Richmond three days a week.” Cox interned at Baskervill, an architecture firm in Richmond, completing construction documents for a 1900-square-foot field house for a private school in Richmond. “I worked under the supervision of a principal architect who taught me how to use AutoCAD software,” she says. “I was involved in schematic design, pre-design and design development including coordinating with engineering disciplines. The experience really showed me all the details that go into designing a structure.”
Thinking Outside the Classroom Cox traveled to Italy during J-term of her sophomore year. “We traveled to Venice, Siena, Assisi, Sorrento, Florence and Rome,” she says. “Because I have a minor in art history, I was most excited to see the artwork that I had spent so many hours studying. I felt as if I could really appreciate everything that I saw because of the things I had learned in class. Also, it was my first trip to Europe and I fell in love with the culture.”
In 2010, Cox was awarded the Kincaid Grant to do a month-long internship at the Banbury Museum in Banbury, England. “I helped to coordinate the design of a new exhibition, which included hanging the pieces of work and coordinating lighting and music,” she says. “I also worked on marketing the education programs that the museum offered. I worked with a great group of people who really opened up to me about England and the British culture. Everyone at the museum was eager to show me how things were done. The only challenge was that it snowed almost every day I was in England and it was tough getting to work!”
Making the Grades Cox, a Presidential Scholarship recipient, is a dedicated student whose hard work has resulted in her making the Dean’s List seven times. She is a member of the Order of the Omega, a Greek leadership honor society, Rho Lambda, a women’s Greek honor society and Omicron Delta Epsilon, an economics honor society.
Family Ties For Cox, R-MC means “family” in more ways than one. “When I was looking at colleges, I applied to two large schools and two small schools,” she says. “My grandfather, Walter Cox ’49, went to R-MC and really advocated the quality of a Randolph-Macon education.” Cox is happy that she decided on Randolph-Macon. “I have felt right at home from the very beginning,” she says.
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