UW-Whitewater/Community Optimist Club

Olivia Woyak is the other Fall 2017 Optimist Club interns! She is from Onalaska, Wisconsin, and is a senior, with a Journalism-Advertising major, and Marketing minor.  Olivia says she is optimistic because “I like to find the good in anything. I’m a pretty positive person and I like making others happy.” Olivia loves the city of Whitewater.  “When touring Whitewater my senior year of high school, I really fell in love with the community and how cute the town is, that I automatically saw myself living in Whitewater.”  Olivia’s goals for the upcoming year are to “start looking for jobs outside of college, and consider graduate schools.” To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind is the statement from the Optimist Creed that best describes Olivia. “I identify with this statement because to me it means to be so confident with yourself no one can tear you down.  I’ve had a lot of people say to me ‘I can’t’, but I always say ‘I can’, and I’ve worked through the adversity.” Welcome Olivia!

A big thank you to our Summer 2017 Optimist Club intern Ruth Lenzen! She is from Madison, Wisconsin, and is a senior with a Public Relations major, and Advertising minor.  Ruth says she is optimistic because “Optimism is something that was instilled in me when I was young.  I’ve always tried to remain positive with everything I do.”   Ruth finds that “Whitewater is not too small but not too big.  I feel I can know a lot of people, but not everyone.” Ruth’s goals for the year are to “familiarize herself with the professional world of Public Relations and to improve her writing and grammar skills.”

This statement from the Optimists Creed is her personal favorite: To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements of the future. “I think it’s important not to dwell on what has happened, and look ahead to what will happen,” she said.  Thank you, Ruth!