{"id":301,"date":"2015-09-14T19:20:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T19:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aig.alumni.virginia.edu\/vwc\/?p=301"},"modified":"2015-09-14T19:20:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T19:20:13","slug":"alumna-in-spotlight-courtney-macdowell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/vwc\/2015\/09\/14\/alumna-in-spotlight-courtney-macdowell\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumna in Spotlight: Courtney MacDowell"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Courtney<\/a><\/p>\n

Name: Courtney MacDowell<\/p>\n

Major: Systems Engineering<\/p>\n

Graduation Year: 2012<\/p>\n

Being in the Virginia Women\u2019s Chorus was one of my most fond memories at UVA. I joined the first semester of my first year because I was looking for something to do and went to the activities fair. The fair was so overwhelming, and I remember thinking \u201cI guess I could just join a bunch of these clubs.\u201d After walking around, I met some lovely women from VWC who encouraged me to come out for auditions. After auditioning for a few groups on Grounds and butchering every line of sight singing, I was very lucky to be offered a spot in VWC. I then met some of the women who would become my lifelong friends. During my four years at UVA, VWC was a large part of my life. Every rehearsal, social and concert was filled with laughter and love. I still cherish the feeling of standing on stage at Old Cabell Hall hearing the beautiful music around me. After graduation, I moved back to my hometown of Richmond. I have spent 3 years working at Altria Client Services in Information Technology. I quickly went back to school part time at University of Richmond and received my Masters of Business Administration. I still enjoy singing as a part of my church choir. I enjoyed returning to UVA for the VWC 40th<\/sup> Anniversary Concert, and I am looking forward to the next time we can all sing together again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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