To Choose a Major, Perchance to Dream

Imagine if you will…an ordinary person– not unlike yourself– who wakes up every morning and goes to the office of the job they hate. Despite hating every minute at this job, they stay, telling themselves that if they just stick to it for 12 more years...

From Amateur Dancer to Dancescape 2015 Performer

On a warm night in September 2014, I found myself fumbling over my feet in the Memorial 300 dance studio at auditions for the 2015 Dancescape. How did I get here? The last time I danced in a studio setting was in third grade. Back then, I loved performing—I loved the...

How I Chose (and Changed) My Major

A marine biologist. That’s all my fifth grade self wanted to be. I loved dolphins and killer whales and just knew I was born to be a marine biologist. But then I took my first “real” science class in tenth grade. To say I struggled would be a vast understatement. As...