Name: Adelaide Valley
Class Year: 2024
Photo courtesy of Adelaide Valley
Hometown: Bangor, Maine
Major: English and Psychology
Campus Activities: Program Director in SPUD for Big Brothers Big Sisters, Leader for the Spring Break Immersion Program, Member of Student Health Awareness Peer Educators (SHAPE), Club Soccer, Club Tennis, Purple Key Society, Orientation Leader
Favorite Movie: Silver Linings Playbook
Favorite song: 17 Again by Brantley Gilbert
Favorite singer/group: Anything country
Favorite color: Pink and Purple
Favorite sports team: Boston Bruins
Favorite class taken at Holy Cross: T.S. Eliot with Professor Oser
Item on HC Bucket List: Don’t have one!
Embarrassing HC Moment: Asked for someone’s phone number during a Kimball breakfast
Bragging Rights: Visited 12 National Parks and went to 21 states this past summer on a 5 week- long road trip. Got to go to the movie theater with Cathi from Kimball. I have hiked three of the most dangerous hikes in America.
Words to live by: Protect Your Magic
One thing you would change at HC: Invest in better desks/seating in classrooms
Favorite TV Show: Forensic Files
Favorite Book: Tough one…Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Favorite Kimball meal: Stuffed Shells
Favorite Cool Beans Drink: Iced Tea
Favorite spot on campus: The Rodino Library in the English Department
Favorite off-campus restaurant: Piccolo’s Italian Restaurant
Guilty Pleasure: Eating an unhealthy amount of peanut butter
Some small things that make your day better: Getting to say hi to familiar faces every day, getting a text that I have mail, and getting to see my Little at the nearby elementary school through BBBS.
First thing you do when you wake up: Panic, thinking I slept through something important
Last thing you do before going to bed: Read a book and think about my day
Favorite place you have traveled to: Point Lookout at Mesa Verde National Park
Something you look forward to when you go home: Seeing my parents, my two brothers, and my dog, as well as enjoying the beauty of Maine
Post-Graduation Plans: Working in the mental health field and giving back to a community that has helped me along the way
Favorite memory at HC: Too hard to pick just one…getting to spend four incredible years with my best friends at a campus that I have come to call home.
Interviewed by: Matt Nickerson ‘24, Chief Features Editor
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