Throughout the spring semester we are highlighting our senior Fighting Scots with a Senior Salute series. Today's featured senior is swimming and diving's Will Laubacher. Laubacher is a philosophy and psychology major.
Q: Why did you choose to attend The College of Wooster?
A: I chose Wooster because of the people. My Coach Rob Harrington and fellow teammate Noah Golovan gave me confidence that this was a place to make lifelong friends.
Q: What does being a Fighting Scot student-athlete mean to you?
A: It means learning how to balance rigorous academics with the schedule of a student-athlete.
Q: What are some of your favorite memories as a student at The College of Wooster?
A: I interviewed Dr. Robert Talisse, a political philosopher at Vanderbilt University, for the campus philosophy journal, Sapere Aude.
Q: What is the best part about being a student-athlete at The College of Wooster?
A: You learn how to appreciate balancing a schedule with your wellbeing.
Q: What else were you involved with on campus besides your sport?
A: I was part of the philosophy journal, the philosophy club, cultural dance shows, a cover band, briefly in the jazz band, and I briefly attended some psychology club meetings.
Q: Which College of Wooster faculty or staff member has made the greatest impact on you and why?
A: Dr. Garrett Thomson. He has taught me the importance of clear articulation in translating my thinking onto paper.
Q: What other people or resources impacted your Wooster experience in a positive way and how did these people and resources set you up to be successful at Wooster?
A: Amber Larson was vital to my success as a first-year. She helped me balance my schedule and adjust to college life.
Q: Tell us a bit about your Independent Study project?
A: I am looking at intellectually humble traits and how they manifest in our reasoning. My central research question revolves around whether intellectual humility mediates the kinds of reasoning we provide when under time pressure. Is the reasoning accurate, instrumentally valuable, both, or neither?
Q: Tell us a bit about something cool you did as a student at The College of Wooster?
A: I worked alongside one of my professors and assisted them with their research on retroactive interference. This opportunity provided me with my first hands-on experience with research, designing studies, and cleaning data.
Q: Reflecting back on your time at Wooster, what advice would you give your first-year self?
A: Invest more time into a four-year plan. I am now wishing I had taken so many different kinds of classes. The education you receive at Wooster is truly invaluable.
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