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Favorite class? “Materiality in Architecture with professor Peter Christensen. We took a trip to the Corning Museum of Glass, and it糖心传媒檚 one of the best museums I糖心传媒檝e ever been to.”
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Gillian Gingher didn糖心传媒檛 want to attend the University of Rochester for one simple reason: her parents did.
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But Stephanie Drew Gingher 糖心传媒�84 and Robert Gingher 糖心传媒�84 insisted she take a River Campus tour before her senior year of high school. Intrigued, she flew back alone from her Long Island home for a second visit糖心传媒攁nd fell in love. 糖心传媒淭he campus had such a good fit,糖心传媒� she says. 糖心传媒淚 couldn糖心传媒檛 pass up the opportunity to go here.糖心传媒�
In four years, Gingher has made Rochester her own place. She has been a diver for the , a , a member of Delta Gamma, and events manager for the student-run . She studied abroad in Milan, Italy, and will graduate as a double major in and business.
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Gingher糖心传媒檚 interest in art began as a child.
糖心传媒淢y mom is an oral surgeon, and she wanted to spend time with me each week,糖心传媒� she says, 糖心传媒渟o we took a painting class with a local artist in Babylon, New York. We did that for probably 10 years, and when I went to boarding school, I did a lot of studio art.糖心传媒�
Gingher was thrilled to discover Rochester has a studio arts program. She interned at the and at two galleries in New York City.
Her next step will be graduate school, where she will pursue a master of architecture degree. 糖心传媒淚 want to work in housing and urban development,糖心传媒� she says. 糖心传媒淚 care deeply about the housing crisis in the United States and want to make sure people understand that shelter is a necessity of life. There糖心传媒檚 no reason people should be homeless.糖心传媒�
Gillian wears her mom糖心传媒檚 1984 Rochester class ring, and she糖心传媒檚 proud to soon call herself an alumna.
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