Showing posts with label New kid in town. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New kid in town. Show all posts

Friday, June 21, 2013

Hey, everyone!

My name is Julia and I am one of the new additions to The University of Texas at Tyler’s communications team. I am really excited to start sharing everything I know about the academic, organizations and student life involvements that are found here at UT Tyler.


That's me up there.

For a little background about myself- I just received my associate’s degree in business management. Getting my associates is remarkable to me because I finished something, woot woot! While at TJC, I competed on the speech and debate team at the state and national level, enjoyed several ceramics classes- where I made some cups and sculptures, changed my major twice, and took Calculus (which I had never planned on taking to begin with). Here at UT Tyler, I plan to study psychology as my major and minor in business.


Ceramics stuff I made.

For a little insight into who I am, let me first say that I am deeply passionate about human rights, feminism and kittens. One of the reasons I want to start learning about psychology is because I feel the study of the human mind and nature of people will lead me to conclusions surrounding cultural issues in our society. I am most intrigued by gender, sexuality and sexology. As for kittens, I am charmed by them because they are fluffy and adorable by default.
 

My kitten, Burnadette!
(Obviously fluffy and adorable by default.)

I always cringe when people ask me what my hobbies are because I cannot choose! For the most part, I appreciate anything that puts me out in nature. Activities like photography, bonfires, and star-gazing are all super therapeutic to me. I enjoy reading and finding out what is happening in the world. My friends keep me sane, my family gives me just the right amount of craziness I need, and my girlfriend inspires me to live with purpose. My favorite fruit is watermelon and my favorite word is fervor. That’s me in a nutshell.


Oh, and sunsets are my favorite part of the day.

I am really, REALLY eager to start sharing my experience at UT Tyler with you all. I’m sure we will learn a lot from each other. What are some of your favorite things to do around campus?