Welcome to My Blog!!!

Hi Everyone!

Since this is my first post, I thought I would share some fun facts about my hometown and give you a little bit of background info.

My name is Katrina Organ, and I am from Scranton Pa (which is about a five hour drive from Stonehill). When I’m not at Stonehill, I live with my mom, brother, step-dad, and step-sister (my biological dad died when I was really young). In addition to my family members, my house also includes two dogs, two cats, a rabbit, and a bird-we are definitely animal people! I have been in Catholic School since third grade, and I graduated High School with only 75 classmates, so Stonehill was actually a pretty big school for me.

Above is a picture of me and my family a few months ago, and of course, a picture of my dogs, Snickers and Pugsley

At Stonehill, I am an International Studies Major, and I am minoring in Middle Eastern and Asian Studies. This area of study is the reason I'm spending the fall semester in India. It is so weird to think that I won't be at Stonehill for Welcome Back Weekend, Halloween, or even to see the leaves change, but I know India will be an amazing experience that I will never forget. So far in my two years at Stonehill I have been involved in Student Government Association (SGA) on the Programming committe, Housing Lottery Committe, ALANA Brothers and Sisters Program, Diversity on Campus, Publicity Committee, and the Freshmen Orientation Program (as an assisstant coordinator and a peer mentor). I also have two work study jobs on campus: Student Ambassador and Information Desk Worker. As you can probably tell from that list, I love being involved on campus, and I love that so many other Stonehill students feel the same way. Pictured above is Sarah Bareilles. She was one of the artists who performed at our Spring Weekend Concert, so the whole Programming Committee (including me!) got to meet her!


So now that you have some basic background info, how about some fun facts about Scranton? Scranton is the 7th largest city in Pennsylvania-its population is about 73, 000. It is referred to as “The Electric City” because we established the first successful electric trolley system in 1886. Scranton is also home to the minor league Yankees-the stadium is only about 10 minutes from my house. The city is also very Irish-it hosts the 4th largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the country! (Take a look to your left for a very small sample of the chaos the ensues on parade day) Some famous people have also hailed from Scranton, including Joe Biden and Bill O’Reilly. And finally, in recent years, Scranton has become well known thanks to NBC’s show “The Office” which is actually set in Scranton. It’s strange but also pretty cool to hear the characters mention your high school or a restaurant you’ve been to a hundred times, and the city has hosted conventions and appearances by some of the actors. Below is a street banner of the fictional paper company on the show-it was sponsored by an anonymous business as a practical joke.

That’s all for now! I hope you learned a few things about me, and maybe even picked up some fun facts to impress your friends. I’ll check back soon with some updates about freshmen orientation- including lots of pictures!