WEBVTT 00:00:00.695 --> 00:00:04.313 Ok, good morning everyone. 00:00:04.313 --> 00:00:07.665 It's morning I guess right now. 00:00:07.665 --> 00:00:12.690 But today is April 9th and we have a 00:00:12.690 --> 00:00:16.876 senior student who was, who is majoring 00:00:16.876 --> 00:00:20.456 in Nutrition and Health Sciences and the 00:00:20.456 --> 00:00:23.735 major option is the Nutrition, Exercise, 00:00:23.735 --> 00:00:27.356 and Health Sciences. Her name is Clare 00:00:27.356 --> 00:00:30.586 Morehouse and thank you for coming today. 00:00:30.586 --> 00:00:35.030 And she is graduating this May so I'd like 00:00:35.030 --> 00:00:38.705 to interview with her and get some inputs 00:00:38.705 --> 00:00:42.731 for incoming freshmen. So Clare, would you 00:00:42.731 --> 00:00:44.732 like to introduce yourself for us? 00:00:44.732 --> 00:00:47.744 Yes, absolutely so thank you so much, I'm 00:00:47.744 --> 00:00:50.478 so excited to be here. As Dr. Takahashi 00:00:50.478 --> 00:00:52.855 said my name is Clare. I'm a senior 00:00:52.855 --> 00:00:55.166 studying Nutrition and Exercise Health 00:00:55.166 --> 00:00:57.106 Science and I'm from Lincoln, NE and I'm 00:00:57.106 --> 00:00:58.875 planning to attend physical therapy 00:00:58.875 --> 00:01:00.971 school next year at the University of Iowa 00:01:00.971 --> 00:01:03.436 Great! Congratulations, you know you are 00:01:03.436 --> 00:01:06.232 starting a PT program in July you 00:01:06.232 --> 00:01:09.809 said and that's that's great and when you 00:01:09.839 --> 00:01:13.339 took my class, that was last year or so. 00:01:13.370 --> 00:01:16.599 Or 2, 3 1/2 maybe? Right? 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:18.836 Last Spring, I think it was last spring. 00:01:18.836 --> 00:01:20.926 Last Spring last spring ok, uh so yah we 00:01:20.962 --> 00:01:23.392 went back to the COVID situation but yah, 00:01:23.392 --> 00:01:27.273 that's right. But you know you you wanted 00:01:27.299 --> 00:01:29.769 to go to a PT school and you know 00:01:29.792 --> 00:01:33.072 that was great and you got into Iowa, 00:01:33.123 --> 00:01:36.673 University of Iowa PT program so that's 00:01:36.679 --> 00:01:38.889 that's a great success for you. Now 00:01:38.904 --> 00:01:43.314 looking back your major, in major options 00:01:43.336 --> 00:01:45.646 we had your major option was the 00:01:45.709 --> 00:01:48.499 concentration you might call it is in 00:01:48.521 --> 00:01:51.369 Nutrition Exercise and Health Sciences. 00:01:51.614 --> 00:01:54.344 Looking back now, what are the some of 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:57.700 the benefits or positive things that you 00:01:57.738 --> 00:02:00.088 experienced during that uh you know your 00:02:00.112 --> 00:02:02.262 college career? Yah absolutely um, I think 00:02:02.286 --> 00:02:05.364 this major option, this Nutrition Exercise 00:02:05.364 --> 00:02:08.106 Health Science has been really helpful, 00:02:08.702 --> 00:02:10.682 specifically for going to physical 00:02:10.682 --> 00:02:12.707 therapy school but I really think for 00:02:12.707 --> 00:02:14.728 any healthcare field it really lays a 00:02:14.744 --> 00:02:17.208 great foundation in your Science courses, 00:02:17.208 --> 00:02:19.778 and your like Anatomy, Physiology courses 00:02:19.873 --> 00:02:23.253 I think it's, it was really enjoyable 00:02:23.253 --> 00:02:25.718 learning learning about the human body, 00:02:25.724 --> 00:02:27.626 how it functions and how it responds to 00:02:27.626 --> 00:02:29.554 movement. I think those, there are a lot 00:02:29.559 --> 00:02:31.779 of courses that touch on that and I think 00:02:31.779 --> 00:02:34.070 that was very fascinating to learn about 00:02:34.078 --> 00:02:36.468 as well as very practical and helpful for 00:02:36.468 --> 00:02:38.883 a number of fields. I think having 00:02:38.888 --> 00:02:41.168 Nutrition courses is really helpful for 00:02:41.174 --> 00:02:44.104 I think any profession that you're going 00:02:44.104 --> 00:02:46.531 to be working with people and their some, 00:02:46.534 --> 00:02:48.544 some element of their well-being, I 00:02:48.544 --> 00:02:50.784 think Nutrition plays such a big role so 00:02:50.784 --> 00:02:52.854 just kind of having this fundamental 00:02:52.854 --> 00:02:55.248 foundation level knowledge on that is is 00:02:55.248 --> 00:02:58.248 really great again for a number of career 00:02:58.248 --> 00:03:00.433 fields that people may be interested in. 00:03:00.527 --> 00:03:02.867 And I think another really great thing 00:03:02.867 --> 00:03:04.467 about this major is just the, the 00:03:04.487 --> 00:03:06.417 discipline that it requires and that you 00:03:06.417 --> 00:03:08.437 develop through the courses, I think 00:03:08.440 --> 00:03:10.720 that's a skill that you just kind of have 00:03:10.720 --> 00:03:12.920 to learn by practice and this major with 00:03:12.920 --> 00:03:14.900 the variety of you know challenging 00:03:14.910 --> 00:03:17.690 Science courses and the ACE courses that 00:03:17.691 --> 00:03:20.639 are a part of every major I think really 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:22.940 really set you up well to develop that 00:03:22.940 --> 00:03:25.141 skill and also I've been I've been 00:03:25.156 --> 00:03:27.006 thinking about this as I prepare to 00:03:27.006 --> 00:03:29.056 graduate and I think one of the things 00:03:29.056 --> 00:03:30.876 that I'm most grateful for within this 00:03:30.876 --> 00:03:33.326 major has been courses that allow you 00:03:33.326 --> 00:03:35.455 to think critically and to approach 00:03:35.458 --> 00:03:37.844 situations from a variety of perspectives 00:03:37.844 --> 00:03:39.754 right, it's no longer this just like 00:03:39.754 --> 00:03:41.814 memorizing information to do well on a 00:03:41.814 --> 00:03:43.606 test, you really have how to learn to 00:03:43.606 --> 00:03:45.866 apply that information and I think that's 00:03:45.871 --> 00:03:47.891 that's something that I I continue to 00:03:47.891 --> 00:03:49.934 learn in this last semester I know we'll 00:03:49.971 --> 00:03:52.141 continue to learn throughout the rest of 00:03:52.141 --> 00:03:54.489 my education and career as well and this 00:03:54.489 --> 00:03:57.345 this program really has taught me how to 00:03:57.347 --> 00:04:00.447 approach education and situations in that 00:04:00.447 --> 00:04:02.599 light so, I think yah, it's a great major 00:04:02.609 --> 00:04:06.109 and has, is really, just, yah, taught me 00:04:06.109 --> 00:04:07.987 a lot. Yah, that's great! Yah, great 00:04:08.203 --> 00:04:12.623 great great. So, that that's great 00:04:12.671 --> 00:04:16.018 information for incoming freshmen to have. 00:04:16.018 --> 00:04:19.276 When you look back now tho, some of the 00:04:19.288 --> 00:04:22.108 challenges on the other hand maybe some of 00:04:22.129 --> 00:04:25.499 the difficulties you experienced, can you 00:04:25.525 --> 00:04:27.378 share with us your experience? 00:04:27.436 --> 00:04:30.575 Yah, absolutely, I think the biggest 00:04:30.592 --> 00:04:33.212 challenge is time management. I think 00:04:33.212 --> 00:04:35.952 there's a lot of, a lot of things to 00:04:35.952 --> 00:04:38.822 balance in college and you know certainly 00:04:38.822 --> 00:04:41.232 this this major as well and not you know 00:04:41.250 --> 00:04:44.212 from your coursework to extra-curriculars 00:04:44.212 --> 00:04:48.094 to work or faith or rest like there's just 00:04:48.132 --> 00:04:50.764 a lot of things that you kinda have to to 00:04:50.824 --> 00:04:52.874 figure out how to incorporate into your 00:04:52.888 --> 00:04:55.318 schedule and I know that was something 00:04:55.318 --> 00:04:57.278 that I really struggled with early on and 00:04:57.278 --> 00:04:59.274 learned how to do that and it's something 00:04:59.274 --> 00:05:01.048 that I continue to learn and will 00:05:01.048 --> 00:05:02.988 continue to learn but I think like I said 00:05:02.988 --> 00:05:04.811 I kind of talked about previously this 00:05:04.811 --> 00:05:06.681 this discipline that you develop and you 00:05:06.681 --> 00:05:08.561 learn how to get into a routine. A really 00:05:08.561 --> 00:05:10.653 practical step for me has been using my 00:05:10.663 --> 00:05:12.863 planner just writing down what I need to 00:05:12.863 --> 00:05:15.276 do and kind of giving myself timeframes 00:05:15.276 --> 00:05:17.235 for when I'm going to do it and also 00:05:17.235 --> 00:05:19.550 knowing when it's time to, you know, say 00:05:19.550 --> 00:05:21.949 no or take a step back, and just recharge 00:05:21.949 --> 00:05:24.000 also and those are are skills that I've 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:25.561 I've had to learn and has been hard but I 00:05:25.563 --> 00:05:27.293 think has been great to have the 00:05:27.311 --> 00:05:31.080 opportunity to learn that and again, just 00:05:31.080 --> 00:05:33.148 kind of with these challenges and 00:05:33.148 --> 00:05:35.713 balancing many things just being really 00:05:35.713 --> 00:05:38.419 thankful to be in school and to have these 00:05:38.419 --> 00:05:41.129 opportunities and remind, reminding myself 00:05:41.129 --> 00:05:44.501 that that's like that's a gift and so it 00:05:44.501 --> 00:05:46.501 can be overwhelming but it's also really 00:05:46.501 --> 00:05:48.491 exciting to be in this position so yes, 00:05:48.518 --> 00:05:50.128 those have been kind of some challenges 00:05:50.128 --> 00:05:51.453 but also a good thing. 00:05:51.453 --> 00:05:54.607 Great, great. Well thank you. So finally, 00:05:54.695 --> 00:05:58.845 I'd like to ask you for those coming to 00:05:58.845 --> 00:06:00.793 the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and 00:06:00.801 --> 00:06:03.011 especially majoring in Nutrition and 00:06:03.019 --> 00:06:06.468 Health Sciences, what are some advice 00:06:06.468 --> 00:06:09.437 you might have for them? And if you can 00:06:09.438 --> 00:06:12.321 share some of that advice that'd be nice. 00:06:12.847 --> 00:06:16.067 Yah, absolutely, so I'm going to share I 00:06:16.096 --> 00:06:18.326 think the best advice that I received 00:06:18.348 --> 00:06:20.268 then the advice that I would give with 00:06:20.268 --> 00:06:21.952 that and so it's two parts in it's to hit 00:06:21.952 --> 00:06:24.163 the ground running but to be patient with 00:06:24.167 --> 00:06:26.167 yourself. So the first couple weeks that 00:06:26.167 --> 00:06:27.927 you start you come into college it's 00:06:27.927 --> 00:06:29.602 really exciting there's a lot that's 00:06:29.602 --> 00:06:30.935 going on there's a lot of great events to 00:06:30.943 --> 00:06:33.373 kind of get to incorporate yourself or I 00:06:33.376 --> 00:06:35.686 don't know just to really get involved on 00:06:35.686 --> 00:06:38.113 campus you get to meet people and I 00:06:38.113 --> 00:06:40.136 encourage you to go those events and to 00:06:40.136 --> 00:06:42.130 meet those people and to, to embrace those 00:06:42.130 --> 00:06:44.343 opportunities but with that schedule a 00:06:44.343 --> 00:06:46.812 time to do your coursework. That first 00:06:46.812 --> 00:06:49.172 week you'll get your syllabus they call 00:06:49.172 --> 00:06:51.115 them and it has this outline for your 00:06:51.115 --> 00:06:52.952 semester and those exams and assignments 00:06:52.952 --> 00:06:54.403 are going to seem like they're kind of far 00:06:54.403 --> 00:06:56.413 off when in reality they are quickly 00:06:56.413 --> 00:06:58.602 approaching so just kind of really take 00:06:58.602 --> 00:07:00.702 that time your first week to, to start 00:07:00.702 --> 00:07:03.522 your study habits and really again, go to 00:07:03.522 --> 00:07:06.002 those events, meet people but also be in, 00:07:06.019 --> 00:07:08.149 be invested in your coursework as well 00:07:08.149 --> 00:07:10.179 and then kind of that second part that I 00:07:10.179 --> 00:07:11.659 talked about, is to be patient with 00:07:11.659 --> 00:07:13.399 yourself, coming to college is a big 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:14.946 transition, there's going to be a lot of 00:07:14.946 --> 00:07:16.766 new things happening and it's ok not to 00:07:16.766 --> 00:07:18.416 have everything figured out right away, I 00:07:18.416 --> 00:07:20.266 don't know that I've I've ever met a 00:07:20.266 --> 00:07:22.156 student that, that just knew how to do 00:07:22.156 --> 00:07:24.416 college you know, right off the bat. So 00:07:24.416 --> 00:07:26.346 that's all right but just be sure to seek 00:07:26.346 --> 00:07:28.806 out there's a lot of resources on campus. 00:07:28.806 --> 00:07:31.496 Office hours are huge there's math 00:07:31.496 --> 00:07:33.436 resource center, chemistry resource 00:07:33.436 --> 00:07:35.106 center, you know there's all these 00:07:35.106 --> 00:07:36.927 different places that you can go. A lot 00:07:36.927 --> 00:07:38.807 of different resources for well-being and 00:07:38.807 --> 00:07:41.627 and a variety of elements so it's ok to to 00:07:41.627 --> 00:07:43.668 you know fall or fail if you will but if 00:07:43.668 --> 00:07:45.588 you're not happy with the outcome, don't 00:07:45.588 --> 00:07:47.388 be afraid to change what you're doing or 00:07:47.388 --> 00:07:50.308 to seek out help for that so yes so to 00:07:50.308 --> 00:07:52.508 kind of sum that up again, hit the ground 00:07:52.508 --> 00:07:54.178 running but be patient with yourself as 00:07:54.178 --> 00:07:55.938 you transition to UNL. 00:07:55.938 --> 00:07:58.844 Yep, that's great. Great advice. Well 00:07:58.844 --> 00:08:01.414 thank you Clare today for coming and 00:08:01.735 --> 00:08:04.705 sharing your experience and you know some 00:08:04.705 --> 00:08:08.705 of the things you experienced positively 00:08:08.705 --> 00:08:10.887 or negatively or negatively I guess or 00:08:10.887 --> 00:08:13.301 challenging things you experienced, that 00:08:13.457 --> 00:08:17.717 was great and I wish you luck, best of 00:08:17.785 --> 00:08:22.075 luck and for your PT program at Iowa, 00:08:22.094 --> 00:08:25.334 University of Iowa that will be great and 00:08:25.767 --> 00:08:28.277 we are really proud of you and thank you 00:08:28.462 --> 00:08:30.072 for coming today. 00:08:30.072 --> 00:08:31.995 Yes, thank you so much and thank you I'm 00:08:31.995 --> 00:08:34.004 excited for the new students that will be 00:08:34.004 --> 00:08:35.746 at UNL it's really been a wonderful 00:08:35.746 --> 00:08:37.331 experience and I can't wait for for you to 00:08:37.331 --> 00:08:39.050 have that experience as well. 00:08:39.050 --> 00:08:40.795 Great. Thank you so much Clare. 00:08:40.795 --> 00:08:43.000 Thank you.