Written by Randi Tubbs \/\/ Photo by Edgar Cardiel<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lucretia Huntsman arrives at the Student Center at around 6:15 a.m. every weekday to gather supplies and inventory. By 7:30 a.m., she has restocked and is posted at the Mabee Business Market for the rest of the day. Everything in the Mabee market is supplied and retrieved by Huntsman. She takes note of the buying trends and creates specified inventory sheets to accommodate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Huntsman has been working at the Mabee Business Market location since 2018. Before the move, she worked at Einstein Bros. Bagels in the Student Center. Her arrival has proven advantageous for those in the College of Business Administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe is an amazing part of the Mabee building,\u201d senior Alex Hall said. \u201cShe is just a pleasant surprise. It\u2019s really enjoyable to have her.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hall said he saw her almost every day for a school year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe always says \u2018Hi,\u2019 to students and makes the entire market a really great atmosphere for people to come in and do homework,\u201d Hall said. \u201cA lot of times during the day, students will just eat their lunch there with her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hall mentioned that for the past few years he has heard of her giving out handmade Christmas cards to students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe draws them and hands them out to students,\u201d Hall said. \u201cI do not have one yet, but my roommate has two.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her generosity does not go without note, as a group of students came together to gift her a Walmart gift card, candy and flowers in December 2023, right before Christmas break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI still have [the flowers] on my table in my kitchen, and they\u2019re still pretty,\u201d Huntsman said. \u201cThey literally made my break.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senior Abby Long visits the market at least once a week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s less about specific interactions with her,\u201d Long said. \u201cIt\u2019s more that every time you go in [the market], you\u2019re going to interact with someone who\u2019s treating you like a friend.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Huntsman is known for asking students what she is missing and what she can better stock. One day a few months ago, Huntsman described, she was having a bad day, and a student simply gave her a hug. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was like how our world just needs to be,\u201d Huntsman said. \u201cWe need to care from our hearts. It\u2019s definitely not the job, it\u2019s the students.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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