UT Tyler: A New Beginning

It’s official! The college experience has finally begun for me! For all of you out there, my name is R. Chandler Upchurch, and I’m a freshman here at The University of Texas at Tyler! I’m currently pursuing a major in business management, and I would love to become a movie producer or music manager one day. I am starting my first college semester with very high expectations.

 I was born and raised in Dallas Texas, which never ceased to keep growing up interesting. When I was in elementary and middle school, I attended a few vanguard/magnet schools in and surrounding the Downtown Dallas area. That was good while it lasted, then I decided to turn back to public school. Instead of going to one of the huge public schools inside of Dallas County, I went to high school in a small town just outside of Kaufman, called Scurry-Rosser High School. You’ve probably never heard about it.

One of the things I love to do most is listening to music. I have always had a passion for music, so I began to learn to play a variety of different instruments. Here is a list of all the musical instruments that I either have known how to play, or can still play to this day:

·         Piano

·         Violin

·         Guitar

·         Clarinet

·         Euphonium

·         Snare

·         Bass Drum

·         Quads

·         Xylophone/Marimba

I’m very honored to be a new member of the UT Tyler Student Communications Team, and I hope that this new part of my life ends up being everything I expect it to be and more! But I don’t know what the future holds for me and that alright with me! Sometimes not knowing what to expect next is what keeps life intersting! J