Howdy Ags!

I’m halfway through my second semester of freshman year, and I can’t believe how fast it has flown! It’s been THE largest learning experience of my life by far.

The favorite part of my experience thus far has been the people and relationships that I’ve formed. I was always involved in high school ,so I knew going in that I needed to get join an organization. I joined one of the twelve FLOs(Freshman Leadership Organizations) called Fish Aides. It’s composed of 40 freshmen that on top of various social and service events get inserted into Student Government committees and have weekly office hours at the SGA desk. The four co-chairs at the beginning of the year told us that they would be 39 of our best friends, and I thought they were crazy-I didn’t know these people! But they were right! Almost all of them were like minded to me-driven, compassionate, ready to serve, and my base of close friends has been pulled from Fish Aides.

Through Fish Aides, I had the opportunity to be put on the BIG Event Committee. The BIG Event is the largest one-day student led service project in the nation. More than 12,000 students sign up to serve 1500 homes in the BCS area, and it’s been awesome to work behind the scenes, making everything work. It has been a TON of work, but as a committee member, we’ve gotten to go out and actually meet the people that we’ll be helping, and it makes it all worth it. I also like the fact that it’s completely student-led.

I’ve taken a couple of business classes in pursuit of my major, and have enjoyed them thus far. I enjoyed a small group for Business Honors, and have become close friends with some of the members. Now that I have gotten most of my core classes out of the way, I look forward to taking almost all business-related courses and international classes, since I hope to work internationally.

Currently, I’m giving a lot of thought to what I want to get involved in next year. This summer, I’ll be working the whole time at Sky Ranch, a camp in Van, Texas.

I look forward to my future here at Texas A&M, and I want to thank all of you for your continued support. I wouldn’t be here or enjoying my experience nearly as much without you! I encourage you to contribute to the scholarship fund so that future Ags can have the opportunity that I have had.

Thank you!

Kate