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Title
Harnit Mahal Oral History Interview
Description
Harnit Mahal’s interview focuses on the role that education has played throughout her life, along with several obstacles that she has encountered. She begins by discussing her early childhood memories, including pending summers with her grandmother and two older brothers. Through reading books such as the Harry Potter series, Mahal discovered a passion for learning. Although she didn’t particularly enjoy school, programs such as Avid and Upward Bound helped Mahal realize her desire to pursue a college education, and she did so at Oregon State University studying Psychology. Her time at OSU was, as she described it, quite the roller coaster, in part because of the culture shock that she felt upon moving to Corvallis from her hometown in California.
From there, Mahal talks about how the Equal Opportunities Program was a vital part of her success at OSU; shares the negative impact that the COVID-19 pandemic made on her later college years; and discusses how that impact helped shape her college experience.
Towards the end of her time at Oregon State, Mahal discovered a passion for Communications and added it as a second major. She notes that, after graduating in fall 2022, she worked as an academic counselor for the Equal Opportunity Program before deciding to continue at OSU as a graduate student. The interview concludes with a discussion of Mahal’s graduate research as it stood in Winter 2024.
From there, Mahal talks about how the Equal Opportunities Program was a vital part of her success at OSU; shares the negative impact that the COVID-19 pandemic made on her later college years; and discusses how that impact helped shape her college experience.
Towards the end of her time at Oregon State, Mahal discovered a passion for Communications and added it as a second major. She notes that, after graduating in fall 2022, she worked as an academic counselor for the Equal Opportunity Program before deciding to continue at OSU as a graduate student. The interview concludes with a discussion of Mahal’s graduate research as it stood in Winter 2024.
Creator
Harnit Mahal
Source
Voices of Oregon State University Oral History Collection (OH 09)
Publisher
Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries
Date
February 21, 2024
Contributor
Caleb Kirkland
Format
Born Digital Video
Language
English
Type
Oral History
Identifier
oh09-mahal-harnit-20240221
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Caleb Kirkland
Interviewee
Harnit Mahal
Location
Interview conducted over Zoom
Original Format
Born Digital Video
Duration
1:02:35
OHMS Object
Interview Format
video