{"id":3236,"date":"2016-05-05T17:09:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T21:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/?p=3236"},"modified":"2016-05-05T17:09:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T21:09:59","slug":"miklitsch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/sp2016\/miklitsch\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbey Miklitsch &#8211; psychology, criminology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Abbey Miklitsch<\/h1>\n<div class=\"profilepic\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3238 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Miklitsch-NL-004-1-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"Abby Miklitsch\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Miklitsch-NL-004-1-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Miklitsch-NL-004-1-768x1009.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Miklitsch-NL-004-1-779x1024.jpg 779w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Miklitsch-NL-004-1.jpg 1370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"wholist\">\n<li><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> York, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major:<\/strong> Psychology and Criminology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Graduation Year:<\/strong> 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Senior Abbey Miklitsch grew up in York, Pa. surrounded by nothing but land. It was an easy decision to come to the University of Rhode Island for one specific reason. The beach. \u201cI love the beach and I love the water,\u201d said Miklitsch. \u201cAs a senior in high school, seeing the beautiful beach houses that I could potentially live in for my college years was one of the main reason I chose URI,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Miklitsch is a psychology and criminology major, with a double minor in underwater archeology and philosophy. Miklitsch knew there would be some challenge in having a double major and double minor, but she was ready for it.<\/p>\n<p>When we asked Miklitsch how underwater archeology fit in with psychology, criminology and philosophy, she couldn\u2019t help but laugh gingerly. \u201cPeople ask me how underwater archeology fits in all the time,\u201d said Miklitsch. \u201cI\u2019ve wanted to be an archaeologist since I was 7 years old. However, as I got older I realized I would never have the patience to be an archaeologist, but when I got to URI and found the minor in underwater archaeology, I was hooked and couldn\u2019t turn away from the chance to learn about that side of the field,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Miklitsch wasn\u2019t satisfied with challenging herself exclusively in the classroom. She made the URI Division 1 women\u2019s rowing team as an unrecruited athlete. She had never even considered rowing before coming to URI.<\/p>\n<p>Her love for the water and her determination led to a scholarship to row for URI.<\/p>\n<p>Her rowing story began when the former rowing coach approached her about joining the team. \u201cWhen the coach told me about rowing, I didn\u2019t know much about it,\u201d said Miklitsch. \u201cWhen I put boat and water together, it was a no brainer to join the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miklitsch has been on the rowing team since freshman year. \u201cI have taken away so many life lessons through this sport, which can only be taught through athletics,\u201d said Miklitsch. \u201cThe most important lesson I have learned through rowing was learning how to be fair. I learned what it was like to face my coaches, my teammates, and look them in the eye and admit when I wasn\u2019t at my best. Learning how to deal with failure is what it takes for us to learn how to push ourselves far enough to reach success,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond athletics, Miklitsch has maintained a 3.5 grade point average throughout her four years at URI, while making the Dean\u2019s List seven semesters in a row. She hopes to complete her eighth and final undergraduate semester on the dean\u2019s list. She also was an Atlantic 10 Commissioner\u2019s Honor roll recipient.<\/p>\n<p>Miklitsch served on URI\u2019s Student-Athletic Advisory Committee, which meets regularly with URI Athletics administrators to ensure that the welfare of student-athletes is a top priority. Her excellent work on URI\u2019s committee led to her being named to the Atlantic 10 SAAC, and she went on to represent the A-10 at the national level on the NCAA Division I SAAC.<\/p>\n<p>But her service to fellow her students didn\u2019t stop there. She was the only student-athlete named to the 17-member National Student Advisory Committee, which held monthly conference calls with the White House to address sexual and domestic violence issues on college campuses.<\/p>\n<p>Miklitsch does weekly research with the Rhode Island Training School-Juvenile Detention Center. Miklitsch and her team collect data from juvenile offenders through questions, and then analyze the data. \u201cI\u2019ve learned that a bit of patience and kindness goes a long way,\u201d said Miklitsch. &#8220;It is easy when you\u2019re working with challenging populations to get frustrated. Some of my most successful days have come from me remembering to take the time and sit down and remember to be patient and kind,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Miklitsch will attend the University of Wisconsin to pursue a master\u2019s degree in psychology.<\/p>\n<p><em>Written by Dominick LaFerrera, an intern in the department of marketing and communications and a communication studies major<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Nora Lewis<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Media Contact: <a href=\"mailto:dlavallee@uri.edu\">Dave Lavallee<\/a>, 401-874-5862<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Abbey Miklitsch grew up in York, Pa. surrounded by nothing but land. It was an easy decision to come to the University of Rhode Island for one specific reason. The beach. 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