Senior Keegan Lamparek is from Mount Vernon, Iowa. He is majoring in computer science and computer information systems and minoring in management. After graduation, he plans to move to Chicago.

Q: How would you describe your Simpson experience?

A: My Simpson experience has been really great. It’s kind of really transformed who I used to be from high school. It’s really helped me grow.

Q: What’s your favorite Simpson memory?

A: I would say it would be my May term trip call of service. I made a lot of new friends there. Learned a lot about social justice. It was a good experience overall. Some of the things we did was help out with homelessness and learned a lot about of social issues that we face as a society today and spent a lot time reflecting in Estes Park in the mountains in Colorado.

Q: Do you know what your post-graduation plans are?

A: Going to Chicago. I don’t really have a job lined up yet, but I’m hoping to go into software engineering or software development.

Q: If you had any advice to an underclassman or incoming students, what would it be?

A: Always challenge yourself. If there’s something that you think that you wouldn’t be good at, try it anyways. There’s a lot of things that I tried throughout college that really helped me grow as a person.

Q: Like what?

A: Being a CA for three years. I didn’t really think of myself as being a CA when I first got here, but I was given the opportunity by Residence Life and it really helped me grow. I was also vice president of the Computer Science Club. That helped out a lot, too. Also, being a Wesley Service Scholar, too. That was something, like, I was never really service oriented, but I always cared about others, so I got involved in that my sophomore year.

Q: What are you going to miss most about Simpson?

A: Probably campus, the location and all my friends.

Q: Anything else to add?

A: College is what you make of it. Do as much as you can, but don’t get too busy where you go insane because that’s definitely happened to me a few times. Give yourself some free time.