Hi! My name is Hope Mahakian.

My time at Seton Hall allowed me the opportunity to work as a Peer Tutor, where I helped fellow students to learn, study, and understand materials from their history classes. It was an enriching experience as I got to help foster a love of history as many students came in not realizing how events that happened 100 years ago still impact us in the present.

I’ve also had the opportunity to work as the Seton Hall’s History Department Intern the spring of my sophomore year. It lead me on a path to video and social media creation, reigniting a passion I have had since high school. As a junior I was chosen to receive a grant from the Seton Hall’s Achieves as a part of a program meant to bring history beyond a research paper. I created a video that explained how and why rationing occurred in the United States during World War II.

As our world continues to become more digitally based, I believe it is essential we adapt to communicate in the written and visual forms now more than ever.