My name is Fiona; I am a student at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay and I love it there. I know that everyone has their place for college and I’m glad that I found mine on my first try. I actually toured UWGB to hang out with my cousins. My family has five cousins all within four months and so we are all very close both in age and with the cousins who didn’t make it into our age gap, despite the fact that we all live at least two hours away from any of our other cousins. Our junior year, my cousins were touring schools and I hadn’t even thought about it yet. No idea, I hadn’t taken the ACT or thought school after high school or looked into funding. My cousins Emily and Rachel in the picture below were coming to UWGB to tour and I live about 45 minutes away and wanted to spend some time with my cousins and so I tagged along and fell in love with the campus. The private bathrooms, the trails, the Kress center and especially the tunnels. UWGB was the only school I toured, and I went on tours with all of my friends when they went because I loved it so much. When fall came around UWGB was the only school I applied for and a year later when college started it did not take me long to realize that I had made the right choice.
I’m a city girl with every inch of my being. I love being busy, surrounded by people and near to everything. UWGB is a decently small school. We do have a division 1 athlete department however sports aren’t something that are exciting for me. Before college I set foot in the gym because it was required to pass high school and that was the only reason - but that’s another story for another day. Despite the fact that I had chosen a school that was stereotypically against my city girl being, I can’t see myself anywhere else. I have everything I could need at the tip of my fingers, and pretty much live in a small city of apartments filled with all my friends. We have a movie theatre, club, food, kitchens…Do you remember when you were a kid and probably still today and you wanted your house to be connected to your best friends by tunnels? Basically during the school day all of my people can be reached by the tunnels. And I can get to class through them, to food, to a place to nap, to our theatre, to a club…I can go anywhere as easy as that.
Other than college, high school Fiona had everything figured out. An actual map of my future was laid out for me. I knew everything undoubtedly. However the further into school I got the more I found that I have no idea about anything. The only thing I know for sure is that UWGB was the right choice for me to be that past year. My first semester I made amazing friends that changed my life. I joined Student Government and found my Green Bay family in those suites. I found myself enjoying rock climbing and the gym, as well as being outside. I realized that my "ideal career" would break my heart before I could complete the education to be eligible for the career. I changed my taste in music and so many things that seem so natural that I can’t remember when I found these parts of myself.
The Fiona today loves acoustic music, adventures, dying her hair purple, I spend my summer nights walking around my hometown with friends instead of watching Netflix, and I make new friends whenever I can. I can’t wait to introduce you all to my newest friend Megan! I babysit the cutest munchkins and was a waitress up until last week or so, when I decided that I needed a mental break from where I was located. I loved my job, I’ll tell you all about it later, and I was heartbroken to leave but now I am on to bigger and brighter things. Like kayaking all day long, or hiking at high cliff. And since I am no longer working 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day, I now have time to do all these things that I always wished I had time for! Fiona today has so many things and opinions to write about and I am so excited to have an outlet! (My best friend, Sydney, is also excited that I have an outlet as I’m sure she is getting tired of my endless chatter.) As of right now, adventure calls!
Arrivederci!
Fiona
