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Rachael Harvey (they/them) is ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø's newest Admissions Representative. Rachel works with the transfer team in the Admissions office. They work with students who are interested in transferring to ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø, specifically students in the College of Arts and Humanities or the College of Science, Health, and the Environment.

Q: What drew you to ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø?
A: Before joining the team at ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø, I was an admissions staff member at a private institution for eight years. I've been in the world of admissions for quite a while.

I've always loved ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø, the campus and the culture. My husband is an alum, and a lot of our friends are ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø alums. When the position opened up here, I was at a point in my career where I was ready to make a switch. I'm excited because I'll be working with transfer students at a public institution, whereas I was working with first-year students at a private institution. 

Q: What surprised you about ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø?
A: The thing that has surprised me the most so far is the variety of hands-on experiences that happen right here on campus, like the Planetarium and the Oceanarium. ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø has very cool immersive experiences that happen on campus and are fascinating to learn about.

Q: How do you prefer to start your workday?
A: Always coffee! Normally, I'm a bring-from-home person, but once a week, I treat myself to a special coffee. Then I always have a little breakfast at my desk, and then I just dive into whatever I must get done.

Q: If you could only have three apps on your smartphone, which would you pick?
A: TikTok is a need. There's a game that I play religiously called Royal Match and then probably Spotify. I listen to a lot of music.

Q: What would we most likely find you doing on the weekend?
A: Well, my husband and I are big nerds and so we play Dungeons and Dragons. That's our thing. I like it because it's collaborative storytelling, and it's fun. It involves imagination games, which I find to be really good escapism.

I also love to go to the local bookstores. I spend a lot of time at More Than Words in Moorhead. I have a cozy chair in a corner, big windows, and I love to just sit there and read a book. 

Q: What's the best advice you were ever given? Who was it from?
A: When I started my undergraduate degree, I was a nursing student. I graduated with a communication studies degree. So very different than what I went in for.

Growing up I didn't see a lot of examples of different careers, and I wanted to help people. So, I thought nursing was going to be the thing for me. Then I went to college, and it was very different than what I expected it to be like. In that moment my advisor told me: "There are a lot of ways that you can help people, that don't necessarily involve body fluids."

Until that moment, I had not even considered that. Nowadays, I help students to find the right match for them. I like to think about that a lot when I feel like I'm lost. There are a lot of different ways to help people. 

Welcome to the Dragon Community Rachael!