Sophomore Year |
Sophomore year was a growing year to say the least. I learned quite a bit about myself as a person and as a student. Academically, this was by far the most challenging and frustrating academic years of my life. There was a lot of change going around in the College of Nursing and my class was the guinea pigs for majority of those changes. The course work for first and second semester was equally challenging as well. With my obstacles to overcome with my school work this pushed me to work harder than I ever have in order to get the grades I wanted.
I took my first honors seminar first semester, which was a class on World War II. A very unique component to the class was that after the semester we traveled to Europe for 10 days to explore places in London and Paris that were related to the war. This was my first time studying abroad and this experience allowed me to see literally a whole new world. It was interesting learning and seeing historical places connected to WWII and then at the same time being about to explore cities and countries that I had never been before. My time in London and Paris really opened my eyes to a world and culture that I was not used to. From my positive Honors experience this inspired me to seek out other Honors opportunities on campus. One of my passions in life is meeting and talking to new people. This passion is what lead me to apply to ROAR on campus. A friend of mine had joined ROAR his freshman year and I had only heard great things from him about the organization. I was envious that he was able to meet and show off the school that I loved every week to prospective students. I knew that the application process was competitive but I decided to seize the opportunity and just apply. Applying was a good idea but to my delight I was one of 30 chosen as the new ROAR guide class. All of second semester consisted of training and learning about UC. I absolutely love giving campus tours, becoming a ROAR guide was not only an honor and privilege to me but was a highlight of my sophomore year. ROAR helped build my confidence with public speaking and overall speaking to others. These skills were very helpful in teaching me how to communicate to patients in the hospital. I decided to take these new talents and continue to practice them in the Emergency Department as a Patient Care Assistant at UCMC for this summer. |