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Abby Monroe, Psychology Major, May '17

My name is Abby Monroe and I am a senior psychology major here at Roberts Wesleyan College. I started my freshman year at Roberts in August of 2013, and although I had decided that I wanted to be a psychology major from the start, I had no idea what I wanted to do with a psychology degree. By the start of my sophomore year, I was beginning to wonder if psychology was really my calling, I loved the major and I loved all of the professors, but I still had no idea what I wanted to actually do when I graduated. Through prayer I felt as though God was telling me to just stay put and wait. In the Fall 2014 semester, I took Psychology of Learning and Behavior, with Dr. Julia Grimm. To this day, that class has been one of my favorite classes that I have ever taken, and it was through that class that I began to seriously consider school psychology as a possible career interest.

Since that semester, I have stuck with the Roberts Wesleyan College Psychology Department program, and I have never looked back. I have learned so much about the mind: its functions, how it works, what it’s influenced by, how it influences our behaviors (and how our behaviors can influence our mind), as well as how powerful and fragile it is. Beyond that however, I have also learned how the study of people, the study of the mind, and the study of our communities not only applies to the world around us, but also applies to faith in Jesus Christ... and how our faith applies to Psychology.

The Psychology department at Roberts amazes me, because the department is completely grounded in Jesus Christ. Students learn how to apply what they are learning to their faith and they learn just how much faith plays a role in their everyday lives. Professors are not shy about their faith and they make very clear that faith is central to everything that they do and teach. On top of the faith aspect, the RWC Psychology professors genuinely want their students to do well and do a great job at getting students ready for the world beyond the RWC campus.

I have absolutely loved my time in the RWC psychology department, and having applied to the brand new Psy.D. Program Roberts now offers, I am excited at the possibility of being able to continue to learn and grow under the Roberts Wesleyan College Psychology Department for the next few years. Whatever may be in my future, I know that the psych department at RWC will always hold a special place in my heart.