by Taylyn Washington-Harmon

To introduce myself, my name is Taylyn Washington-Harmon. I’m a freshman Magazine major and a proud Newhouse Ambassador. I’m originally from Chicago, IL and I’m happy to make Syracuse my new home.

For my first blog post, I wanted to talk about my experience with diversity within Newhouse. The amount of diversity in Newhouse is absolutely perfect and kept me interested in the school and Syracuse University as well. The diverse environment that Newhouse offers makes me feel truly comfortable and open. I enjoy meeting people of all different backgrounds, ethnicities, religions, and cultures and hearing their viewpoints whether it’s in the classroom or in everyday conversation.

I particularly enjoy diversity as a theme within the Newhouse curriculum. The diversity requirement for class choices is extremely beneficial to all students and reinforces the points I made above, but applying them to my academic studies, and for this, I am extremely thankful.