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ACES SEPTEMBER PHOTO DUMP! ♠️❤️

HAPPY HOMECOMING T-BIRDS!!

Come to The Nest to meet some friends before some big events this weekend!!

Forever Red Meetup
Friday, September 23rd
⏰ 6:30 PM
📍 The Nest ➡️ Upper Quad

Tailgate
Saturday, September 24th
⏰ 4:30 PM
📍 The Nest ➡️ Eccles Coliseum

T-Birds 🦅Did you know that your professors 👩‍🏫 have office hours set aside just to meet with you? Take advantage of that time to ask questions and get the help you need!

“There are only a few words that make me cringe, and failure is one of them.



The end of my freshman year I lost focus on the things I really cared about, and wasn’t really sure what path I was taking. That summer I ended up making some poor choices that actually landed me in a back brace, with scars all over my body.



However, when I got back the next fall semester, I began to surround myself with people that really cared and wanted the best for me. Thanks to their influence, I began to feel much better about the direction I was heading and the choices I was making.” -Kolton Pierson

Happy Friday!!

When I was in high school, I auditioned for the top performing choir, top theatre group, and dance company, and I got in to none of them. I was devastated. After that I felt lost and almost switched high schools because I felt like such a failure.

Instead, I decided I was going to just work hard and try again the next year. I still only got into one of the groups for my senior year. I was ecstatic that I got in, but still felt like a failure for not getting into the other groups when there were so many people who were in all of them.

Then when college auditions rolled around, I didn’t get accepted into the music program of my first choice college. It made me feel like I wasn’t cut out for the performing arts. Even though I felt crushed, I decided to audition for SUU anyway, what did I have to lose? And to my surprise, I got in!

Now I have been studying music for three years. There are still days that I feel like I am not good enough, but then I remember, I wouldn’t be here still if someone didn’t believe in me. I love my music family at SUU so much and would not want to change it for anything. I am so grateful that I did not give up and can study something I love so much.

During my freshman year my roommate got me involved with Camp Kesem, a non-profit for kids whose parents have or have had cancer.
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When I first joined, I did it as a resume builder and a fun experience. As the year progressed, I got pulled into a coordinator position and planned Make the Magic which is the formal fundraiser for the year.
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As the event got closer, my roommate and I spent all of our time getting the event ready. We felt pretty good about our effort and set up for the event where we would hopefully raise our desired amount for Camp Kesem, because the camp is 100% free to campers.
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Jump to Make the Magic where both of us are stressed and trying to run an event we had put our heart and souls into, and the night takes a turn for the worst.
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In the first 10 minutes one of the tables collapsed, which led to food and our broken centerpieces flying everywhere.
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While we were running the live auction, one of our checkin laptops was stolen, taking our director and a head volunteer away from the event to chase down the thief!
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What should have been a perfect night turning into a disaster and I felt like such a failure, even though the things that happened were out of my control.
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I went on planning for the week of camp feeling like I had not done my part, then camp came.
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When I was watching my little pack of 6 year olds, one of the campers came up to me and my roommate and thanked us for the money we had raised to put on camp and for the work we had done with Make the Magic. Hearing him thank us for our hard work helped me realize we hadn’t failed, we just had an unfortunate night.
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I continued with Camp Kesem as a coordinator and fell in love with events. I loved them so much I became an event intern at the Alumni House and graduated with hopes of becoming an Event Planner.
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That event where I felt like a complete failure changed my whole life and my whole perspective, not only because I learned from mistakes I had made, but because I realized the work I was doing did matter. Camp Kesem made me who I am today and helped me realize what career I am passionate about. For that I will always be grateful. ❤️
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What class are you most excited to take in the fall? Tell us in the comments!👇👇👇