By Connor LaGrange
Profiling the day in the life of Connor LaGrange, a first-year master’s student at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Learn about his busy “average” day, and why he chose to study philanthropy.
I applied to this school because I saw philanthropy as a way to be a part of conversations with people I never would have been able to. It also had no definable ceiling. If I would have continued pursuing communication studies and teaching at IUPUI, there were pretty definable end results. The school can offer opportunities I have not even thought about yet.
Lastly, as Pamela Clark puts it, “Everyone here is a save the whales type person. But everyone has different whales they are trying to save. Here, you get to meet people who love the same whales you do.” This school gives me a chance to find what I am passionate about, then team up with people who have the same goals and aspirations as I do.