{"id":14944,"date":"2026-01-06T14:40:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/?p=14944"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:58:36","slug":"staff-profile-morgan-mcardle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2026\/01\/06\/staff-profile-morgan-mcardle\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Profile: Morgan McArdle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Computer Science Capstone and Event Coordinator Morgan McArdle has been at Harvey Mudd for four years. She provides organizational and scheduling support for the Department of Computer Science and the CS and Math Clinics. Learn about Morgan\u2019s artistic endeavors, her favorite Hoch-Shanahan treat and more in this Q-and-A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h5\">What is your favorite part about your job and why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I like a lot of things about my job, but the people I work with\u2014the staff, students and faculty\u2014are the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h5\">If you could swap jobs with any other HMC employee for a day, who would it be and why<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t think I would. I really love my role!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h5\">What\u2019s your favorite food\/dish in the Hoch-Shanahan Dining Hall?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vegan chocolate chip cookies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h5\">What HMC events have made you feel really connected to other HMC colleagues?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Projects Day. Working with Engineering Clinic Project Manager Lorena\u00a0Gonz\u00e1lez during Projects Day is really awesome. Combining all Clinic teams and working with the whole campus (shoutout to Dining Services, F&amp;M and Communications) is really exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h5\">What is your favorite hobby, activity or creative outlet?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a handmade needle felting art business called Green Mermaid. I sell my sculptures at art fairs and markets in the Burbank, Pasadena and Claremont areas. I have a BFA in illustration and have done commissioned work pretty consistently since graduating. Over the last two years, I\u2019ve switched from digital art to needle felt. You can check out my stuff on my Instagram @greenmermaidbymorgan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h5\">What is the best piece of advice someone has given you, either in life or at work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You are not your job. This is very meaningful to me as a creative person with a very different day job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h5\">What is your most effective strategy for dealing with stress?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Walking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h5\">What is the last concert you attended?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Weird Al at the Kia Forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computer Science Capstone and Event Coordinator Morgan McArdle has been at Harvey Mudd for four years. She provides organizational and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":14946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,28,217],"class_list":["post-14944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-computer-science","category-staff","category-unlisted"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14944"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14956,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14944\/revisions\/14956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}