New to the U: Get to Know Humanities First-Year Students
Autumn Alder | Logan Johnson | Henry Stanley | William Gearig
What inspired you to choose your major or current area of interest?
Taking multiple language courses and hosting foreign exchange students made me love learning about other cultures. Each language and country has so many fascinatingly unique components.
What is one thing you're most excited about when you start at the University of Utah?
I'm excited to explore different classes, get to know the people around campus and hopefully study abroad. I want to learn about the world in ways I wouldn't normally get the chance to.
What’s one goal you have for your first year at the U?
My goal is to feel more confident trying new things. I want to discover what careers make me happy and how I can help people.
How do you hope to get involved on campus?
I want to get involved in clubs. I'm hoping there will be other people who share my wide variety of interests.
How do you express yourself creatively (writing, languages, art, storytelling, etc.)?
I love music! I participate in marching band, playing piccolo and flute, as well as color guard. I feel like music helps me connect with other people and express my emotions in ways nothing else can.
What’s a talent or skill you have that people don’t usually expect?
I love to try everything; I’m a jack-of-all-trades. I have played more than five sports, participated in band and color guard, and am learning multiple languages.
Where is your hometown? What's one thing you wish people knew about where you're from?
Lehi, Utah. Downtown Lehi is very old, and all the old farmland is turning into housing.
What is one thing you're most excited about when you start at the University of Utah?
I think I’m most excited about meeting new people and just having new experiences, along with going to football games, of course.
What’s one thing on your University of Utah bucket list?
Go to a MUSS game!
What’s one goal you have for your first year at the U?
Pass my classes, have a good time and make new friends.
How do you hope to get involved on campus?
I want to get involved in some of the physical activities offered on campus, along with helping out wherever needed.
Henry Stanley
Major(s): Communication
What inspired you to choose your major or current area of interest?
I chose communication because it goes well with my music technology minor.
Where is your hometown? What's one thing you wish people knew about where you're from?
I’m from Bozeman, Montana. Everyone is super kind.
What is one thing you're most excited about when you start at the University of Utah?
I'm really excited about the dorms.
What’s one thing on your University of Utah bucket list?
Football games!
What’s one goal you have for your first year at the U?
Success in all directions.
How do you hope to get involved on campus?
I hope to get involved through sports and music tech.
What book, film, podcast, or piece of media has influenced how you see the world?
Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives.
How do you express yourself creatively (writing, languages, art, storytelling, etc.)?
I express myself creatively through music.
What’s one way you hope to grow in the College of Humanities during your first year?
I want to feel more comfortable with public speaking.
What’s something on campus you’re curious to try even if it’s outside your comfort zone?
I’d really like to try Ultimate Frisbee!
What’s a talent or skill you have that people don’t usually expect?
I have pretty good social skills.
What inspired you to choose your major or current area of interest?
I love to write and read, and I have for a very long time. I’m currently writing a book and, if it’s successful, I would like to write a screenplay for a film adaptation.
What are you most excited about as you start at the University of Utah?
I am most excited about meeting a wider variety of people.
What’s one goal you have for your first year at the U?
Get settled in and get a feel for college life!
How do you hope to get involved on campus?
By attending sports games and other school events!
What book, film, podcast or other piece of media has influenced how you see the world?
“Red Dead Redemption 2,” “Cyberpunk 2077” and “Blade Runner 2049.”
How do you express yourself creatively through writing, languages, art, storytelling or other activities?
I like to write creatively, including lyrics over hip-hop beats.
If you could collaborate with any professor, club or group at the U, who would it be?
I honestly don’t know of any groups or clubs here yet, but I hope to learn about them.
What’s one way you hope to grow in the College of Humanities during your first year?
I want to improve my writing!
What’s something on campus you’re curious to try, even if it’s outside your comfort zone?
I am curious about learning a new language!
What’s a talent or skill you have that people don’t usually expect?
People don’t expect me to have a high spice tolerance.
Is there anything you’d like to share that we haven’t asked about?
I have a lot of pairs of Air Jordan 1s and 4s.
Any views, experiences, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this student highlight do not necessarily represent those of the College of Humanities.