Nate Orluk

A senior at Williams College, Nate is majoring in English and concentrating in Environmental Studies, a combination he hopes to help use to make the world a better place. Alongside these interests, Nate has always found himself drawn to work focusing on leadership and group dynamics. In high school, this meant teaching soccer, baseball, and skiing lessons, as well as participating in opportunities such as student government, Relay for Life, and captaining both the baseball and cross-country teams. Upon his arrival at Williams, Nate began teaching at a local elementary school, leading field trips in the beautiful Hopkins Forest, and got involved with WOOLF — an outdoor orientation program during which leaders take groups of freshmen on four-day backpacking trips. Now, Nate has served as both a group leader and an instructor for the next generation of WOOLF leaders. Whether by leading these trips or simply taking a few friends out on a new hike, Nate finds himself most at home leading and bonding with those around him. At Connection Labs, Nate's primary contributions came in the forms of enhanced data collection and analysis to help better understand and interact with participants; kickstarting an email campaign with the goal of giving past participants opportunities to revisit key workshop concepts; and implementing automated processes to help make the Connection Labs process more efficient.

In his free time, Nate plays baseball at Williams and also enjoys backpacking, soccer, reading, writing, listening to music, and meeting new people. 

VIA Strengths: Kindness, Judgment, Appreciation of Beauty & Excellence, Honesty, Fairness, Curiosity, Humor