Britta Treu '23

Britta Treu

Britta Treu, majoring in communication studies, minoring in music, and pursuing a pathway in entrepreneurship, is from Auburn Township, Ohio. Treu is a four-year member and senior co-captain of Women’s Lacrosse, first chair and trumpet section leader in Scot Marching and Symphonic bands, a member of Shades of Gold a capella group and communication club, and president of Wooster Christian Fellowship. She also has received the Theodore Williams Prize in Music. The title of her I.S. is “Face to Face: Finding Confidence in my Voice in a Technology-Centered Generation.” After Wooster, Treu hopes to pursue her masters in communications and eventually work in broadcasting. Her immediate entrepreneurial motivation is to create her own lacrosse business for young women in Cleveland and northern Maine. 

Zoe Seymore '23

Zoe Seymore

Zoe Seymore, majoring in psychology and minoring in math and Chinese is from Fort Worth, Texas. At Wooster, Seymore has been involved as secretary of the BIPOC Performing Arts Alliance, a member of the COW Dance Company, Women of Images, and is co-founder and co-president of Wooster Adoptee Student Union. She also helped to organize the March for Asian Lives protest on campus in spring 2021. Seymore’s I.S. is titled, “Overlooked Adoptees: The Effects of COVID-19 Racism and Ethnic Identity on the Psychological Well-Being of Chinese Transracial Adoptees in the United States.” After graduation, Seymore will be heading to Taiwan to be an English teaching assistant with the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Upon returning to the U.S., she plans to attend graduate school to be able to work in a clinical setting with adoptees and Asian Americans. 

Ethan Dasilva '13

Ethan Dasilva

Ethan Dasilva, majoring in political science (comparative politics) and education, is from Morton Grove, Illinois. During his time at Wooster, Dasilva was a teaching assistant for the Political Science Department, a member of the swim team (backstroke and freestyle), secretary of Scot Council and a member of the Social Justice and Equity Council, and president of Wooster Future Educators. Dasilva’s Independent Study is titled, “How Does a City’s Migrant Identities Affect Urban Governments’ Implementation of Affordable Housing Policies?” Next fall, Dasilva plans to teach 5th grade STEM outside of Evanston, Illinois.