{"id":4362,"date":"2023-07-27T13:02:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/crean\/2023\/07\/27\/alumni-spotlight-hashini-weerasekera-21\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T19:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:03:33","slug":"alumni-spotlight-hashini-weerasekera-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/2023\/07\/27\/alumni-spotlight-hashini-weerasekera-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Spotlight: Hashini Weerasekera &#039;21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hashini Weerasekera \u201921 Psychology, is pursing her Masters of Clinical Counseling at New York University next year. She sat down with us to share a little bit about her success and experience at Chapman!<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4365 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/07\/2021-Hashini-Elizabeth-Laurel_118-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hashini in Commencement Robes\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/07\/2021-Hashini-Elizabeth-Laurel_118-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/07\/2021-Hashini-Elizabeth-Laurel_118-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/07\/2021-Hashini-Elizabeth-Laurel_118-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/07\/2021-Hashini-Elizabeth-Laurel_118.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What experiences as a Chapman Undergrad were most valuable to you?<br \/>\n<\/strong>An experience I\u00a0valued the\u00a0most as an undergrad was the close knit\u00a0community that I found. I was involved in Greek life, studied abroad in\u00a0Florence Italy, and was an orientation leader. All of these experiences brought me new friends,\u00a0things to be involved in, and places to share my talents and ideas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you work closely with a faculty member? If so, who?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I was fortunate enough\u00a0to be given the opportunity to work with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/vincent-berardi\">Dr. Vincent Berardi<\/a> in his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/crean\/faculty-student-research.aspx\"> CAHB lab<\/a>. It was an incredible opportunity that gave me some insight into the world of research and a new point of view towards psychology versus\u00a0what I was learning in the classroom. Dr. Berardi became a big supporter in my graduate school journey and I am thankful to have gotten the opportunity to be a part of his lab!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Were you involved in research or clubs?<br \/>\n<\/strong>In addition to research and Greek life, I was also in the National Honors Society, a psychology peer advisor, and a teacher&#8217;s assistant for PSY 201.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What actions did you take as an undergrad to make you a strong applicant for graduate school?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I tried to have an idea of what I was interested in pursuing\u00a0for graduate school,\u00a0researched the qualifications necessary, and began getting involved in clubs that would\u00a0boost my application as well as finding ways to get involved in research and making strong connections with professors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have any wisdom or advice for incoming freshman?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Get involved! Graduate schools love to see well rounded applicants that can commit to more things than just their academics. Find research opportunities if you want to go into psychology related degrees and make strong connections with 2-3 professors for good recommendation letters. Don&#8217;t be afraid to get involved in things that have nothing to do with your major like Greek life or clubs that align with your passions. Take full advantage of everything Chapman has to offer, especially with the smaller campus, and all of the resources they have within advising and career counseling. Good luck!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4369 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/07\/Hashini-Weerasekera2.JPG-300x200.png\" alt=\"Hashini Travel Photo sitting\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/07\/Hashini-Weerasekera2.JPG-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/07\/Hashini-Weerasekera2.JPG-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/07\/Hashini-Weerasekera2.JPG.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Congratulations Hashini! We are so proud of all our amazing Alumni!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accepted to NYU Grad School for Clinical Counseling Program<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4405,"featured_media":4363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"custom_author_name":"","chapman_pin_hero_slider":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[273,367,16,353,58,368],"class_list":["post-4362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","tag-chapmanu","tag-college","tag-crean-college","tag-grad-school","tag-psychology","tag-undergrad"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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