Meet the UC Campus Tour Guides
Christie Mideli
Hometown: CincinnatiHigh School: Saint Ursula Academy
Major: Accounting
Activities: Honors, Social Sorority, GlobeMed, Lindner College of Business Ambassador
Favorite place on campus: Nippert Stadium
Favorite food: Montgomery Inn
Advice to freshmen:
Get involved early on which will help you meet more people and have an overall better college experience!
Lauren Bruns
Radhika Grandhi
Jacque Stevens
Hometown: Springboro, OhioHigh School: Springboro High School
Major: Operations Management & International Business
Activities: ROAR, Campus Crusade for Christ, Kolodzik Business Scholars Mentorship Program, College of Business Ambassadors
Favorite place on campus: TUC 2nd floor patio - great place to read outside!
Favorite food: Cilantro, Ambar India, Spicy Pickle, Rohs Street Cafe, Yagoot
Best UC Story:
During spring break 2010, I had the opportunity to travel to France and Belgium with the Kolodzik Business Scholars. It was such an amazing experience to visit beautiful places like the Eiffel Tower and Louvre Art Museum and earn credit hours while doing so! I got to know other students and step outside of my comfort zone. I hope all UC students take advantage of study abroad. The possibilities are limitless!
Advice to freshmen:
I recommend that all students get involved. It's not about the amount of organizations and clubs you join, rather the experiences and relationships you develop through involvement. Identify your passions and seek out a group that will challenge and encourage your interests. Ask yourself- what are my motives in participating in various events and groups? Will my involvement enhance my college experience and push me towards my goals? Also, I challenge students to not only get involved on campus, but also in our city. Cincinnati offers valuable diversity, and therefore, opportunities to grow as individuals and as a community.
Maddy Richards
High School: Jackson High School
Major: Nursing
Minor: N/A
Activities: Social Sorority, Student Tutor, Nursing Ambassador, Student Nurse Association, UC Skydiving Club
Favorite place on campus: Sigma Sigma Commons
Favorite food: maggiano's
Best UC Story:
Thus far, My favorite story about UC is when I got my acceptance letter into the Nursing Program. The College of Nursing is a very challanging program and all freshman year I worked very hard to make sure I had the grades to get in. I am glad that UC can provide me the education I need to help me pursue my future goals.
Advice to freshmen:
My best advice I can give to an incoming student is get involved. When a student becomes involved they become more apart of UC. You get to meet some of your best friends in the organizations that you are involved in too. You name it I bet UC has the type of involvement you are looking for.
Benjamin Blaney
High School: Newark Catholic High School
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Activities: Air Force ROTC, Arnold Air Society, Coaster Cats, UC Skydiving Club
Favorite food: Currito
Andrew Vielhaber
Hometown: Avon, OhioHigh School: Avon High School
Major: Chemical Engineering
Activities: RallyCats Vice President of Spirit; University Honors Program; Committee for Athletics Tradition and Spirit; Engineering Tribunal
Favorite place on campus: CCM Village
Favorite food: Chipotle on W. Clifton
Best UC Story:
My favorite moment as a UC student came my sophomore year of school when I traveled to New Orleans with RallyCats to watch Cincinnati match-up against Florida in the Sugar Bowl. Being in the city and seeing so many Bearcat fans from all over was surreal. To be able to stand on a balcony on historic Bourbon Street and cheer "Down the Drive" while other Cincinnati fans joined in was unbelievable. As the cheer echoed through every alley in the French Quarter, I realized how proud I was to be a Bearcat and how much I loved my school.
Advice to freshmen:
Although everybody has probably already said it, the best advice anyone can give is to get involved. I didn't heed that advice my freshman year and I kind of stuck to myself that first quarter on campus. I made some great friends when I finally branched out but I didn't become the person I was today until I found the organization on campus that I can call my own. Find that thing (be it a sport, a club, a hobby) and become a part of it and every aspect of college will become so much more enjoyable and worthwhile.
Kellie Kulka
High School: Notre Dame Academy
Major: Poltical Science/ English
Minor: Spanish
Activities: Kappa Kappa Gamma,
Favorite place on campus: Fountain in front of University Pavillion
Favorite food: Currito is the BOMB!
Advice to freshmen:
Choose two things that interest you and get VERY involved in those two things! You'll make incredible connections. Also, take advantage of the UC-it lab. :)
Derek Volmering
Hometown: Lebanon, OhioHigh School: Lebanon High School
Major: Information Systems & Marketing
Activities: Sigma Phi Epsilon, Student Government
Favorite place on campus: Steger Student Life Center
Advice to freshmen:
Get involved!
Paul Harris
Hometown: WestervilleHigh School: Westerville South High School
Major: Industrial Design
Minor: Spanish
Activities: Band, UC International, UHA
Favorite place on campus: DAAP
Favorite food: SKYLINE!!!!!!!
Nathan Wukie
Hometown: Fremont, OhioHigh School: Fremont-Ross High School
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Minor: Math
Activities: ROAR, Navigators
Favorite place on campus: The Rec Center
Favorite food: Is Graeter's considered a restaurant?
Emely Ortiz
Nhung Hoang
Hometown: Elida, OhioHigh School: Elida High School
Major: Biology
Activities: T.O.O.T.H, Kappa Alpha Theta, Undergard Research, Serve Beyond Cincinnati, ASL Club, and ROAR
Favorite food: Chipotle
Advice to freshmen:
GET INVOLVED!!
Thomas Meyer
High School: Padua Franciscan High School
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Activities: Engineers Without Borders, UC Symphony Orchestra, Engineering Tribunal, Serve Beyond Cincinnati, Univeristy Honors Association, Alpha Lambda Delta, Navs, Crosswalk, St. Monica-St. George, Biomedical Engineering Society, Student Alumni Council
Favorite place on campus: Daniels Hall
Favorite food: Skyline
Advice to freshmen:
Get involved early! You can always drop a group later if you decide it's not your thing, but you just might find something(or several something) that you really enjoy and are passionate about. Also, you'll definitely meet new people and form new friendships.
Marissa Carducci
Hometown: Toronto, OHHigh School: Edison High School
Major: Accounting
Minor: Undecided
Activities: Cincinnati Dance Marathon, Student Alumni Council, Professional Fraternity, UC Choruses
Favorite place on campus: The Rose Garden Behind Dyer Hall
Favorite food: There are too many choices! Umm,,, Krishna?
Best UC Story:
I grew up on a lake all my life and must say that if there is one thing on this campus I miss, it would be that (the rec center pool is great, but just not quite the same). Well, it was one of the first hot days in May last year and my friend Alex and I decided that it was absolutely too beautiful outside to not go swimming. Not wanting to miss the awsome weather by swimming inside in the rec center we donned on our bathing-suits and had a relaxing lounge in the waterfalls behind the college of business. Epic!
Advice to freshmen:
Make lots of great friends. (best method: live in the residnece halls freshman year.) I am 4 1/2 hours away from home and I can no longer call on mom and dad if I am having a bad day and need a hug. (you are really going to have to grow up fast)Luckily, I have an awsome group of friends that I know I can always count on for encouragement, a great big hug, and if need be a pint-of-ice-cream-eating partner.
Ashley Cheese
Bhavik Modi
Hometown: Mumbai, India (Currently Mason, OH)High School: William Mason High School
Major: Business - Finance
Minor: Marketing
Activities: ROAR Tour Guides, Hall Government (President of Jefferson Advisory Council), Social Fraternity, Student Government (First Year Experience), Asian American Association, Indian Students Association, Club Baseball
Favorite place on campus: Nippert Stadium
Favorite food: Dewey's Pizza
Best UC Story:
Being a freshman I have not had many memories yet, but my favorite memories are the times I have spent with the new friends I have met on campus and the freedom of controlling my own destiny.
Advice to freshmen:
Enjoy your time in high school while you can. The friends and memories you have there will be the ones your remember forever. Stay in touch with your friends and spend as much time with family as possible. Take advantage of what you have right now in terms of freedom, as you get into college you will have the time of your life but you will have to work equally hard, independently.
Rahul Prasad
Hometown: Centerville, OHHigh School: Centerville High School
Major: Neuroscience
Activities: Connections Program, Caducea Pre-Medical Society, Undergraduate Research, Asian American Association, Intramural Sports
Favorite place on campus: Grassy hills around Sigma Sigma Commons
Favorite food: Graeters
Becky Miller
Hometown: Amherst, OHHigh School: Amherst Steele High School
Major: English and Marketing
Activities: Kolodzik Business Scholars, Bearcat Buddies
Favorite place on campus: Mews Gardens
Favorite food: "Mamá Lo Hizo" in Findlay Market
Advice to freshmen:
Take advantage of the amazing area you live in! There are so many fun (and inexpensive) things to do in and around Cincinnati. Don't be afraid to venture off campus and see what's out there!
Brandon Notar
Hometown: Warren, OhioMajor: Political Science, Pre-Law
Activities: ROAR, a social fraternity, Cincinnati Dance Marathon, and Cincinnati SnowCats
Favorite food: Cincy Steak and Lemonade
Regan Noppenberger
High School: Highlands High School
Major: Marketing
Minor: International Business
Activities: ROAR!, University Honors, Carl Lindner Honors-PLUS Business Program, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Colleges Against Cancer, International Business Club, Alpha Lambda Delta
Favorite place on campus: Mainstreet
Favorite food: Zips Cafe
Tyler Dickerson
High School: London High School
Major: Pre-Pharmacy
Activities: University Honors Program, Pre-Pharmacy Student Society, University Honors Association Jefferson Advisory Council
Favorite place on campus: Sigma Sigma Commons
Favorite food: Buffalo Wild Wings
Advice to freshmen:
Have an open mind about college. Things will be different than they were in high school but that's ok. College is full of new opportunities so don't be afraid to take them. Everyone's experience is different, so make it your own!
Chris Carey
Clay Miller
High School: Saint Xavier High School
Major: Business - Finance
Minor: N/A
Activities: Student government, Honors program, Intramural sports
Favorite place on campus: CRC - I'm a bit of a gym rat.
Favorite food: Skyline Chili
Best UC Story:
My roommates and I had a corner room in Turner Hall, which means tht we had a larger than average space to fill in our living room. We decided to go to Home Depot, buy a few 2x4s and construct a Tiki Hut. The project has evolved into a small business and looks great! It has even been accepted as an honors experience as a collaborative learning experience between business and DAAP majors! Do something fun and creative when you're at UC.
Advice to freshmen:
Use the rest of your high school career to work on prioritizing your responsibilities. Sometimes, starting college can be an overwhelming experience. There is so much to do and such a limited amount of time in the day. Decide what you're passionate about, and use your time appropriately. Most importantly, have a great time!
Jody McGraw
High School: Tallmadge High School
Major: Secondary Education Social Studies
Activities: University Honors Association, Student Government Intern, RallyCats, Bearcat Buddies
Favorite place on campus: Nippert Stadium
Favorite food: Skyline Chili
Advice to freshmen:
Find your place on campus and get involved!! There are so many opportunities available to students at UC and joining a club or organization is a great way to meet friends and leave your mark on the university!
Menaka Apana
High School: Indian Hill High School
Major: Marketing/ Pre-Dentistry Track
Activities: ROAR, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Sigma Alpha Pi, Kolodzik Business Scholars, Eye on Africa, TOOTH, NSCS, University Honors Program
Favorite place on campus: ...The DINING HALL!
Favorite food: Nada ( I work there too!)
Morgen Schroeder
High School: Lakewood High School
Major: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Minor: Sustaining the Urban Environment
Activities: Engineers Without Borders, Society of Women Engineers, CEAS Ambassadors, University Honors Association
Favorite place on campus: The 2 story Starbucks on Mainstreet
Favorite food: Chipotle Mexican Grill
Best UC Story:
My freshman year my family and I attended the Orange Bowl to cheer on the Bearcats! It was so awesome seeing so many UC fans come together and cheer for our team. It made me really proud to be a Bearcat!
Advice to freshmen:
When applying for colleges, always take campus tours because they give you a feel for what it is like to be a student at that university. If you come to UC, or any college/university for that manner, make friends with upperclassmen and professors! They serve as great resources and help get you involved with the campus community!
Craig Hansen
Hometown: Fairfield, OHHigh School: Stephen T Badin High School
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Minor: Materials
Activities: Engineers Without Borders, Shriner's Research, Tau Beta Pi
Favorite place on campus: The Campus Recreational Center
Favorite food: Ambar Indian Cuisine
Best UC Story:
My freshman year, before the online ticket policy was implemented, we were camping out overnight in tents in front of the Lindner Center for tickets to the UC/West Virginia game. We were ranked in the top 25 and the line for tickets was incredibly long. We played games and tossed football all night long. It began to rain later in the evening and just as we began to crawl into our tents for shelter, coach Brian Kelly made a surprise appearance bearing gifts (read: FREE PIZZA!). One of the best nights I have had at UC. I made many friends and even more memories.
Advice to freshmen:
Be ready to work hard and make the most of every opportunity that comes your way. You will thank yourself down the road.
Caitlin Leahy
Hometown: CincinnatiMajor: Communication Science Disorders
Activities: National Student Speech Language and Hearing Association, Univeristy Honors Association
Erin Slater
Neal Dierking
Hometown: Cincinnati, OhioMajor: Chemical Engineering
Favorite place on campus: Skywalk between Rhodes and ERC
Favorite food: Montgomery Inn
Best UC Story:
My friend and I found a coupon for the Zen Zone so we went and sat at the oxygen bar for a while and it was just a new experience at college I shared with a good friend and those are the best.
Advice to freshmen:
Meet new people. Its great to come to college and know friends that are coming here too, but UC is so diverse and there are so many students there are lots of other great people to meet here too. Oh, and keep the grades up too.
Emily Scaggs
Hometown: Fort Thomas, KentuckyHigh School: Highlands High School
Major: Digital Design
Minor: Spanish
Activities: Honors Program, Madrid Study Abroad, ROAR Tour Guides
Favorite place on campus: DAAP
Favorite food: Dixie Chili (it's in Kentucky but it's close enough)
Best UC Story:
I love everyday in in Studio classes because I have the greatest group of friends that I sit with everyday. We call ourselves the A-team. My favorite nights are monday nights and thursday nights because on monday nights we have our "monday night drawing parties" and on thursdays we have our "Vampire Diaries watch Party." Its so much fun to hang out with a close group of friends.
Advice to freshmen:
Find your niche. Everyone has something that they really enjoy, just try to find some people that enjoy that as much as you do and make that your new hobby and your support group.
Logan Brooks
High School: Fairfield High School
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Minor: Pre-Law
Activities: ROAR, Men's Volleyball Team, Social Fraternity, BMES, Darwin T. Turner
Favorite place on campus: Marketpoint
Favorite food: Papadinos
Best UC Story:
My first year we were losing in the Fraternity League Intramural Volleyball Championships. We lost the first game pretty close. Then we came back and barely won the second game. We dominated in the third game, and everyone rooting for my team chanted, "He's a Freshman...He's a Freshman!"
Advice to freshmen:
Do everything you can do in your time here. Don't just go into college expecting to learn everything in the classroom. You can learn more from meeting new people, trying new things and getting involved on campus. College is going to be your home for at east the next 4 years...so make it your own.
Kelsey Gilbert
Hometown: MasonHigh School: William Mason High School
Major: Art, Focus in Painting and Printmaking
Minor: Education
Favorite place on campus: Blegan Library
Favorite food: Skyline Chili
Best UC Story:
Storming the field after the Rutgers game
Advice to freshmen:
Don't wear your residence hall lanyard around your neck
Ben Robinson
Hometown: Gallipolis, OhioHigh School: Gallia Academy High School
Major: Entrepreneurship
Activities: Rotaract, Social Fraternity
Favorite place on campus: Sigma Sigma Commons
Favorite food: Chipotle
Advice to freshmen:
Enjoy it. If classes start keeping you busy and you're feeling frustrated remember to have a good time too. You're lucky to be here. Hakuna Matata
Jacob Linkugel
Hometown: Florence, KYHigh School: Saint Henry District Hs
Major: Chemical Engineering ACCEND
Activities: AICHE, Club Tennis, Engineering Tribunal, University Honors Association
Favorite place on campus: The Baldwin Engineering Library
Favorite food: Cilantro
Best UC Story:
As a freshman, my Learning Community put together an intramural volleyball league, and we went undefeated through the regular season despite our lack of experience.
Advice to freshmen:
Get involved! UC has so much more to offer than I could ever have imagined, and it has taught me so many new ways to have fun.
Tiffany George
Hometown: Findlay, OhioHigh School: Findlay High School
Major: Journalism
Minor: English
Activities: RallyCats (Tower Committee Chair and Exec-at-Large), The Den, ROAR, Athletic Department tutor, Alpha Lambda Delta, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Golden Key International Honour Society, Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society, Intramural sports
Favorite place on campus: Lindner Athletic Center and Nippert Stadium
Favorite food: Rock Bottom Brewery
Best UC Story:
In the span of about a year I have traveled to Georgetown, Akron, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Louisville and Miami, Florida for sporting events. I have been on road trips, stayed in hotels and camped out with my friends, and been a tourist and it's been awesome! Going to Miami and spending New Year's Eve on the beach then going to the Orange Bowl was an amazing experience and provided great memories.
Advice to freshmen:
Live on campus and get involved. Even if you aren't required to live on campus, it's the easiest way to meet new people. There are hundreds of student groups on campus, so find one (or two, or whatever) that fit you and just explore your options. Also,don't be afraid to try something new. Come out of your shell and do something you never would have done in high school. Maybe you will find you are good at something you never thought you would or maybe you will be terrible, but at least chances are you will have some pretty good memories to look back on.
Marissa Woodrick
High School: Lakota East High School
Major: Marketing & IS
Activities: ROAR, Delta Sigma Pi
Favorite place on campus: Sigma Sigma Commons
Favorite food: Currito
Best UC Story:
This isn't the BEST story but its something I absolutely love to do. UC is located by some really awesome hole-in-the-wall type of coffee shops and restaurants. Don't be afraid to check them out! I love going to TAZA (located right by Turner) with my roommate. We order coffee and play Scrabble whenever we go. It is really the best.
Advice to freshmen:
Do not follow your friends to college! Just make sure you choose the college that's right for you. Don't be swayed by money either. I came to UC for the Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS program although I was offered a full-ride to OSU, and I don't regret any of it!
Brendan McDonough
Hometown: Cincinnati, OhioHigh School: Colerain High School
Major: Communication
Activities: Running Club, The Navigators
Favorite place on campus: Chick-Fil-A
Favorite food: Dewey's Pizza
Advice to freshmen:
No matter how you got through your high school career, you'll need to study at the college level. Don't wait until after your first round of exams to realize this!
Scott Kelley
Hometown: CincinnatiHigh School: Cincinnati Hills Chrstn Acad
Major: Accounting
Minor: Finance
Activities: Greek Life, Student Government, NightWalk
Best UC Story:
Attending the Sugar bowl my freshman year.
Advice to freshmen:
Get involved on campus!
Patrick Cooney
High School: Dublin Jerome High School
Major: Secondary Education-Math
Activities: Social Fraternity, Nightwalk, Intramurals
Favorite place on campus: Linder Center
Favorite food: Montgomery Inn
Best UC Story:
On my first day of class I did not know where my class was at so I walked into the wrong room by accident and when I realized I was in the wrong class I did not want to get up and get embarrassed so I just stayed the whole hour.
Advice to freshmen:
Live on campus and get involved as much as you can!
Matt Wenning
Hometown: Coldwater, OhioHigh School: Coldwater High School
Major: Information Systems
Activities: UC Skydiving Club, Delta Sigma Pi, ROAR
Favorite place on campus: Sigma Sigma Commons
Favorite food: Joe's Cafe
Best UC Story:
I think my best UC story wasn't an actual story but an overall experience. I think that there are so many funny and awesome moments I had in my Residence hall during my freshman year and and my great times have continued since then. Overall I think my best story would just be my Residence Hall life in general during my first year and the fun times have only gotten better as I continue through my college experience.
Advice to freshmen:
I would say the best thing for any incoming students to do to make there college experience better would be to try to be more outgoing. Push yourself to meet new people and do things that you normally wouldn't do. One of the best ways to do this I found was getting involved on campus and joining organizations. I firmly believe that there is a club or organization out there for everyone, that they will love being a part of and love having fun with that group but you have to go out and find it!
Kelly-Ann Cowie
Hometown: Cleveland, OHHigh School: Hawken School
Major: Fine Arts
Activities: RallyCats, CAC, Hall Government, ROAR
Favorite place on campus: CCM Village
Best UC Story:
My sophomore year the football team climbed the Paul Brown Stadium wall to celebrate with the students after winning the Keg of Nails rivalry against Louisville. It was an incredible feeling to be part of such a spirited celebration.
Advice to freshmen:
Try everything at least once!
Megan Borchers
High School: Carroll High School
Major: Pre-Pharmacy
Activities: Vice president of the Pre-Pharmacy Student Socitey, Intermural sports, Knitting for the Needy, and Hall opening team
Favorite place on campus: Main Street
Favorite food: Skyline
Advice to freshmen:
Get involved and meet as many people as you can!
Andrew Pfriem
Jenna Wade
Hometown: Powell, OhioHigh School: Bishop Watterson High School
Major: Fine Arts (Photography) and Marketing
Activities: Roar Tour Guides, DAAP Ambassador, BANG!, CareCats, CRC Staff Member, Former Member of the UC Women's Lacrosse Team
Favorite place on campus: Giant Stairs Outside of TUC
Favorite food: Thai Express
Best UC Story:
I am proud to say that I played in the first UC Women's Lacrosse game at the Division I level in the history of the university.
Advice to freshmen:
The best piece of advice to incoming students would be to get involved. It is a great way to meet people. One of the most beneficial aspects I have found is the ability to network between different groups on campus. This way you are always informed on the different happenings on campus. Also, it fun walking to class and seeing several people you know!
Jayne Spence
Katherine Talbott
Hometown: CincinnatiHigh School: Seton High School
Major: Biology/Pre-Med
Minor: Chemistry
Activities: University Honors Association, McMicken Ambassador, Provost's Student Advisory Committee, Dual Admissions Program Mentor, Relay for Life
Favorite place on campus: Third Floor of Langsam Library overlooking Sigma Sigma Commons
Favorite food: Montgomery Inn
Best UC Story:
One of my favorite UC memories is a class I took my sophomore year. It was a class linked with the campus wide celebration of the anniversary of Charles Darwin's publication of the Origin Species. The class was titled Research in Natural Laboratories and at the end of the quarter we took a two week trip to the Galapagos Islands! It was a trip of a lifetime: doing research, swimming with dolphins, and standing beside giant tortoises.
Advice to freshmen:
Get involved but find activities that you love. UC has so many different clubs and ways to meet other students that you have to find what you like best. Don't forget about the city too. Cincinnati has a lot to offer!
Katie McClanahan
Sarah Yanito
Kayla Bell
Hometown: Cleveland, OhioHigh School: Shaker Heights High School
Major: International Affairs and French
Activities: ROAR, Turner Scholars, Intramural Sports
Favorite place on campus: The Rec - it's such a cool building
Favorite food: Thai Express, I literally go once a week for Pad Thai
Advice to freshmen:
Embrace your freshman-ness, because everyone is one once. There are 3,000+ other new kids on campus. Take advantage of the fact that everyone is looking for friends and a little bit lost and make friends, ask questions. You have the perfect excuse all fall quarter, being a freshman!!
Chas Wiederhold
Hometown: St. Martin, OhioHigh School: Wilmington High School
Major: Architecture
Minor: Sustaining the Urban Environment
Activities: Greek Life, American Institute of Architecture Students, DAAP Ambassadors
Favorite place on campus: My studio!
Favorite food: Spicy Pickle and Krishna
Advice to freshmen:
Balance is key! Mind, Body, Health, Spirit! Keep them in balance and you will do fine!
Amy Johnson
Sarah Stenger
Hometown: CincinnatiHigh School: Saint Ursula Academy
Major: Marketing
Activities: Kappa Kappa Gamma, UC Mock Trial, Junior Achievement Consultant, Bearcat Live! Concert
Favorite place on campus: Mainstreet
Favorite food: Skyline Chili. Graeters Ice Cream
Advice to freshmen:
Be open-minded, be outgoing and get involved!
Christina Beer
Hometown: Mason, OhioHigh School: Ursuline Academy
Major: Information Systems
Activities: ROAR Tour Guide, Sorority, Colleges Against Cancer, FYLP
Favorite place on campus: Campus Recreation Center
Favorite food: Nada
Advice to freshmen:
Don't go to school, go to college. Academics are the first priority but get involved on campus. Study abroad or co-op. Join at least one of the many organizations on campus. Take advantage of unique opportunities offered because you only go to college once.
Lane Hart
Hometown: Lewisburg, OhioHigh School: Tri-County North High School
Major: Information Systems, Finance
Minor: Asian Studies
Activities: ROAR, Student Government FYE, Siddall Hall Government, College of Business Tribunal, Cincinnati Navigators
Favorite place on campus: Patio above Starbucks overlooking Sigma Sigma Commons
Favorite food: Montgomery Inn
Best UC Story:
During our Spring RAPP Retreat - Staying up all night in the lounge at the top of Calhoun Hall making new RAPP friends.
Advice to freshmen:
These will be some of the best years of your life, but they are going to FLY by, so get ready to seize every moment. Take calculated risks...if you feel comfortable, you're not learning. This is one of the best times to travel, so take advantage of it by getting involved with study and service abroad. Be careful though, once you start, you won't want to stop traveling! GET INVOLVED and make your mark on campus; UC is about our Bearcats - our people - if you get involved, you'll make amazing friends who you can help and who will help you!
Kazia Parsons
Hometown: VersaillesHigh School: Woodford County High School
Major: Health Sciences
Activities: RallyCats
Favorite place on campus: Memorial Hall Courtyard
Favorite food: Deep India
Best UC Story:
My favorite memory involving UC actually took place at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh my freshman year. For those of you who don't know about that football game, we were down a touchdown with 1:32 to go. We made a miracle comeback and scored in the last 30 seconds. It was freezing and it was snowing and I don't think I've ever been that cold before, but when we made that final two point conversion for the win, it was absolutely incredible and made the entire trip there worth it! Go Bearcats!!
Advice to freshmen:
Explore who you are. In high school you believe that the person you are, is the person you will always be, but when you come to college everything changes. Embrace the change. Try new things. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Enjoy your time here and disover the real you.
Katie Fine
High School: Turpin High School
Major: Marketing and Information Systems
Activities: Kolodzik Business Scholars, Junior Achievement, American Marketing Association, Center for Community Engagement
Favorite place on campus: Main Street
Favorite food: Maki Express
Best UC Story:
I'm an enormous UC Basketball fan (enormous is an understatement). I go to every single home game. One game this season, Brandon Phillips and Drew Stubbs from the Cincinnati Reds were there and I got a picture with them!
Advice to freshmen:
Choose random roommates! Stepping outside of your comfort zone in your first year at UC is crucial, and having a random roommate forces you to do it right away! It's the chance to make great, lifelong friends and learn a lot. It's really important to take advantage of the diversity of people UC offers. And if you don't get along with them- it's not the end of the world. It's easy to switch roommates and at least it makes for a good story!
Stephanie Lux
Hometown: Hilliard, OhioHigh School: Bishop Watterson High School
Major: Nursing
Minor: Spanish
Activities: University Honors Program, GlobeMed, Student Orientation Leader, Greek Life, Honors Ambassadors, Nursing Ambassadors
Favorite place on campus: Center Court
Favorite food: Spicy Pickle
Best UC Story:
Watching fourth of July fireworks from the roof of Calhoun Hall with the other Student Orientation Leaders.
Advice to freshmen:
If you have a concern about something, there is probably a campus resource to help you. Become best friends with the search bar on UC's website!