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Portrait of Lauren Howes

Honor Society® member

Lauren Howes

Retail Associate at Homegoods

  • Western Carolina University
  • political science
  • Class of 2024
  • Waxhaw, North Carolina

Member since January 2021

Education

  • Western Carolina University

    Major: B.S. Political Science/Minor: Forensic Anthropology

    2020 – 2024

Honors and awards

  • Women's Congressional Staff Foundation Scholarship

    Helping disadvantaged women follow their dreams in Congress

  • Chancellor's List

    3.8 GPA+

  • Dean's List

    3.5 GPA+

  • Honors Scholar Scholarship

    Scholarship inviting top 10-15 students into the WCU Honors Scholar Program

  • Ad Vitam Paramus Scholarship

  • Distinguished Award Scholarship

Goals and interests

Career goal

Graduate with a B.S. in Political Science
Attend law school and study constitutional law
Pass the Bar and become a practicing attorney
Run for public office

Graduate school interests

Duke University
University of Chapel Hill
CUNY School of Law
New York University Law School
Columbia University
Yale University
Harvard University
Georgetown University
Stanford University

Outside the classroom

Knitting
Postage Stamp Collecting
Ice-skating
Reading

Experience

  • Retail Associate

    Homegoods

    Mar 2017 – Oct 2019

Volunteering

  • VA Clinic Pharmacy Volunteer

    VA

    Jun 2018 – Aug 2018

  • Red Cross Veteran Affairs Unit Volunteer

    Red Cross

    Jun 2017 – Jun 2019

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced
  • German Intermediate
  • Italian Intermediate

Additional information

  • Turning Point USA - Service Chair