Kathy Pyzik, president of the Student Activities Board (SAB) and Spring Event Chair, dabbles in a little bit of everything on campus. Pyzik  sat down with the Courier to discuss how she got involved with SAB, her favorite charity and why  she chose Fisher.

What is being president of SAB and head of Spring Event all about?

“To become President of SAB I helped out a little bit with SAB my freshman year; I applied to do the Spot Light committee. Then I did publicity my junior year then I became president my senior year.

“Being president of SAB, there isn’t a lot of work you have to do yourself, because that’s what all the other members are there to do. It’s more about doing the paper work, the bills and making sure everything is running OK and everything is getting done on time. Also, talking with other people on the Board to make sure everything is going well with them.

“I became head of Spring Event because that was one of the first clubs I joined as a freshman. I started off being on the volunteer committee, then I did production, and last year, I was co-chair, then I ran for chair this year and got it.  The Spring Event takes a lot of work because, just because it’s only one event

“It entails a lot of thing like production, publicity, ticket sales. It’s probably one of my favorites clubs on campus, because I’ve been doing it since freshman year.”

Can you talk a little bit about your First Generation Scholar and Excellus Diversity Scholarship?

“I applied to be a First Generation Scholar my senior year in high school, and you need to be the first generation in your family to attend college. Your brothers or sisters could have attended college before you, as long as you’re part of the first generation. With the scholarship, you have to do 30 hours of community service each semester, and it’s really great because when you have to do learning communities your freshman year, you’re put in the learning community with other First Gens so you become really close with them.

“The diversity scholarship, I applied for at the end of my junior year. You have to be involved and pretty diverse, and the first thing about me is I speak two languages: my parents are Polish and my dad speaks very broken English, and my grandparents speak no English at all, so Polish was the first language I learned.”

How did you get to where you are? Freshman year how did you decide you wanted to become so involved?

“My freshman year I went to the Involvement Fest and met a lot of people at the tables. I met some people on SAB, Spring Event and Yearbook; they just told me when the meetings were, and I decided to go to them, and they were involved with some other clubs and organizations on campus, too. That’s how I became involved in the other ones because my friends were involved.”

What is your favorite charity or cause to work for?

“My favorite charity to work for is Camp Good Days, because I’m part of the Teddi Committee and one of my good friends passed away my sophomore year in college due to leukemia. She was a camper at Camp Good Days, and so I just love working for that cause.”

Where is your favorite place to volunteer outside of school?

“I do a lot of work at my church. One of the things I do is help plan the annual festival that raises around $30,000 for the church. It’s a Polish church; they have a Polish mass, Latin mass and an English mass.”

What are your plans for after graduation?

“I will be going to Graduate School at the University of Buffalo for student affairs. With that, I can start working at a college, specifically with campus life or a campus administry director of community service. I can do a lot of work with students on campus. And then I can be an adviser of a club or do something with ResLife as well, and hopefully work my way up, maybe even become the dean of a college.”

Why did you choose Fisher?

“I like the Rochester community; it’s where I grew up. I like the small atmosphere at Fisher, and when I came for open house ,the people I met were great, and I really wanted to go for marketing management, and I really liked the program and the people I met in the program.”