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My name is Katherine Arisman. I’m from Macon, Georgia
where I have lived since 1994. This year, my parents have decided to
move to Dayton, Ohio so I will be the only person in my family still
living in the south. I dislike snow and I’m not a big fan of the cold so
hopefully my time will mostly be spent here living with my current
roommate and another girl in a house.
I’m the oldest of three. I have a younger brother
who is 14 and an absolute pain. I also have a sister that is 11 and acts
like a prima donna. I have 2 dogs. Simba is a big mutt and is 14 years
old. Kirby is 4 years old and is part Jack Russell, part Dockson. I also
have 2 cats; Cleo is 8 and is black and white. Tiger is 1 year old and
brown with stripes. Cleo will be moving down to Valdosta with me this
summer.
I'm a second semester freshman and planning on
majoring in nursing. I’m possibly considering taking that degree and going to
med school. I would like to work in pediatrics.
I decided to come to Valdosta because I liked the
campus. I also knew a few people down here already so I felt like I
already had a good establishment coming down. I like the weather, mostly
because I hate snow and don’t particularly like cold weather.
Your freshman year experience at Valdosta
State University is critical in laying the groundwork for a
successful academic and professional career. Employers view a
well rounded successful academic career as evidence that
students can be equally successful and productive in their
chosen fields. Success begins by mastering the three principal
tasks of the first year student:
- Academic Skills Development
- Adjusting to College Life
- Developing Academic & Career Goals
VSU’s Freshman Year Experience (FYE) is an
outstanding student development program that assists first-year
students in accomplishing these tasks. The program is designed
primarily for students who have not yet decided on an academic
major.
The Freshman Year Experience has
taught me a lot this past semester. It’s taught me more about community
service and working together, it’s also taught me a lot about school and
how I should study and do better.
At the
beginning of the year, I was a little wary of being in a program where I
had to be in the same classes with the same people the whole week. I
also was not sure I liked the fact that I didn’t get to pick the times I
wanted to be in those classes. Last semester was the worst. It didn’t
help with the fact my roommate didn’t have class at all on Friday and I
always had to get up at noon to go to English. I wanted to stay asleep
every time I’d hear my alarm. When we were signing up for classes for
spring, I realized how awesome it was that I already had three out of
the six classes I needed. It was nice to be in the classes with people
you know. You can call any of them or send them a message on facebook to
see what the homework was or what’s due.
This first
semester has helped me figure out what I want to major in. When I first
came to college, I wanted to major in Criminal Justice and go to law
school. Now that I’ve been here and thought more about it, I realize
that I was to be a nursing major. If I didn’t have that first year
undecided, I probably wouldn’t have figured out what I wanted to do
until after I had taken a bunch of classes I didn’t need.
I learned that
you can always count on people to help you out and that it’s nice to
have people you know in a lot of your classes. I also learned that
community service is a lot of fun when you do it with people you know.
I think there
should be more community service projects as a group because some people
couldn’t make it to the 2 big ones that were planned because they were
out of town or sick. That way, those people aren’t left to figure out
how to make up those hours and you have more people you know with you.
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