Lida Zakurdaew / Sun Star
What are you looking forward to?
-Lida Zakurdaew
“Well, I’d like to see the aurora borealis.” – Zachary Wilkinson, Computer Engineering
“Lots of snow.” – Jussi Juola, Civil Engineering
“Definitely the snow and the aurora borealis.” – Emiliana Tonini, Biology
“Being with my friends. And they have my program.” – Madison Hicks, Marine Biology
“I’m looking forward to living a year on my own because it would be the first time that I’ve done that. It would be interesting to figure out what happens.” – David Shilhee, Biological Sciences
“What I’m most excited about is getting to meet my professors.” – Kyle Tam, Computer Engineering
“Oh man, probably all the opportunities for being out. I really enjoy the winter. I really enjoy climbing and all that. Just taking advantage of the facilities.” – Jalen Cox, Geoscience
“I’m excited to be able to take the classes I want to and be able to get a more personalized education.” – Cody Keith, Petroleum Engineering
“I’m really excited to be able to actually pursue things that I’m interested in, and to actually take classes that I want to take and not that you have to take to graduate.” – Sydney Deering, Mining and Petroleum Engineering
“Getting a degree.” – Hunter Lewis
Do you have any fears about your first year at UAF?
“Screwing up like I did in high school. Like not doing homework and then also nearly failing a lot of classes. I moved around a lot when I was a kid so meeting new people isn’t a hard thing for me to do. And also I have everything moved in already, so it’s fairly smooth.”
– Graham Hiles
“Nope.”
– Hunter Lewis, Mechanical Engineering
“Taking too many credits, maybe. Like if I have too big of a workload. That’s really my only worry.”
– Micah Sterling, Fire Science
“I guess not really talking to other people. Just not making friends is my biggest fear. That’s it.”
– Stepheena Smith, Social Work
“Probably just not, like, making friends.”
– Sara Ozenna
“Yes. Like failing classes. Being able to finance all the classes that I want to go to.”
– Jaloria Thomas, Pyschology
“Going Broke.” – Zachary Wilkinson, Computer Engineering
“Passing all the courses.” – Jussi Juola, Civil Engineering
“Probably just getting lost in the campus, but that’s about it. Oh, and facing a grizzly.” – Emiliana Tonini, Biology
“Freezing. It was like 36 degrees this morning.” – Madison Hicks, Marine Biology
“I don’t really think I fear anything for the first year. It can’t be that bad.” – David Shilhee, Biological Sciences
“My fears are either studying too hard or not enough.” – Kyle Tam, Computer Engineering
“Just not studying. Just sitting around, not doing the work you need to do. You just gotta push yourself I guess.” – Jalen Cox, Geoscience
“Probably socializing.” – Cody Keith, Petroleum Engineering
“Getting acquainted with new people. You gotta meet people, and you will, it’s just the in-between period is not going to be fun. So I guess that’s my biggest fear, just riding through that.” – Sydney Deering, Mining and Petroleum Engineering