UNA freshman making great connections
September 22, 2020
Turner: What is your name?
Simmons: Eleanor Simmons.
Turner: How old are you?
Simmons: I am 19 years old.
Turner: What is your major?
Simmons: My major is Criminal Justice.
Turner: What year are you?
Simmons: I am a Freshman at The University of North Alabama.
Turner: What is your favorite thing about UNA?
Simmons: My favorite thing about UNA is the classes.
Turner: How has COVID affected college for you?
Simmons: Most of my classes are online so it has made finding friends harder.
Turner: How are your online classes?
Simmons: It has definitely been different, but my professors have made it easy to adapt by explaining what [students] need to do and how we can achieve that. For example, when one of my teachers taught us how to use Canvas.
Turner: What are some goals you have this year?
Simmons: My goals for the year are to make good grades and to find new friends.
Turner: What is something that means the world to you?
Simmons: My family and my friends mean the world to me.
Turner: How’s dorm life?
Simmons: It’s pretty fun. The fact that I’m able to make friends with people from other states that live in a room away has made it an unique experience.
Turner: How would you describe your overall experience?
Simmons: My overall experience has been great and a lot of fun.
Turner: What are you mostly looking forward to in your UNA experience?
Simmons: I really looking forward to finding a career path that suits me.
Turner: What do you think is a career path that best suits you?
Simmons: I’m planning on changing to change my major so that I am an art major because I feel like that is my [true] passion.