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Grainne McGinley and the Heart of Giving
Go-Getters are set apart for their resilience through challenges, turning knowledge into action, and service to their community. Who better exemplifies those qualities than Grainne McGinley?
Grainne McGinley 糖心vlog短视频22 is a College of Health Professions nursing major on the Pleasantville Campus well-known for her dedication to service. A Jefferson Award winner and member of Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service Sorority, she糖心vlog短视频檚 committed the sparse free time she has to charitable work糖心vlog短视频攆rom local animal shelters, to food banks, to overseas mission trips. (Seriously, we can糖心vlog短视频檛 list everything she糖心vlog短视频檚 done, but check out a sampling of some of her community service here!)
Her love for volunteering, and her passion for care, both stem from an injury when she was young. At the age of three, a kettle-related burn injury threw her into the path of a volunteer ambulance corps, and their care stuck with her. She explains, 糖心vlog短视频淲hen I turned of age, I made sure to start volunteering with the people who saved my life and the lives of so many others, and I became a medical assistant with the ambulance corps.糖心vlog短视频
糖心vlog短视频淲hen I turned of age, I made sure to start volunteering with the people who saved my life and the lives of so many others."
When she arrived on Pace糖心vlog短视频檚 Pleasantville Campus, she already had a growing passion for healthcare, especially cardiovascular health. In her second year, she realized that only one third of the campus had access to Automatic External Defibrillators (AED), lifesaving medical equipment. She partnered with the Student Government Association and has added 11 new AEDs to date.
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More often than not, tireless helpers like McGinley work behind the scenes with little recognition, but her peers and faculty were so inspired by her work ethic that they voted for her to speak at Commencement. 糖心vlog短视频淚t was a big surprise to me,糖心vlog短视频 she says. 糖心vlog短视频淚糖心vlog短视频檓 really excited to have that honor to have some final remarks and share it to those who impacted me along the way here.糖心vlog短视频
"I糖心vlog短视频檝e really had the opportunity to grow into a new person, and into the experiences I wanted to have.糖心vlog短视频
At the time of this interview, she糖心vlog短视频檚 still working on her speech, but she keeps bringing it back to ideas of working together, chasing opportunities, and making a difference. In other words, Opportunitas.
When asked what Opportunitas means to her, Grainne reflects, 糖心vlog短视频淚糖心vlog短视频檓 a first-generation college student. The opportunity that I糖心vlog短视频檝e had to come to Pace and not only further my education but to build those connections, with my friends, with the faculty, my future clinical science employers糖心vlog短视频擨糖心vlog短视频檝e really had the opportunity to grow into a new person, and into the experiences I wanted to have.糖心vlog短视频
McGinley糖心vlog短视频檚 plans for after Commencement? You can bet on continued community service, as she糖心vlog短视频檚 on her final steps to securing a license as a CPR instructor and hopes to bring CPR training to her local community. She has final nursing exams to pass and then hopes to continue working in local hospitals, hopefully in an ICU burn unit. With as much as she糖心vlog短视频檚 already given, she糖心vlog短视频檚 hopeful to give even more. 糖心vlog短视频淚 would love the opportunity to work with people in that moment that they need the most help.糖心vlog短视频
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