Education Profiles: Out of State Schools
Student Profiles
Eddie Writes Home
Being a local, homegrown Honolulu boy, my traveling to Omaha, Nebraska, to attend Creighton University was a feat in itself. A little background on me: I graduated as co-valedictorian from Hawaii Baptist Academy and my hobbies include surfing, music, church, and hanging out with my friends. Little did I know that most, if not all, of these would change as I left the comforts of home and journeyed to the "heartland of America."
The months leading up to the start of the semester were filled with excitement, uncertainty, anxiety, and sadness. Having traveled a lot throughout my life, I was quite thrilled to be leaving home for such a new and great experience. While everyone made sure that I was prepared with a rice cooker, local snacks, warm clothes, and many prayers, nothing could exactly prepare me for what I was about to experience.
After the tears of leaving my home, family, and friends had passed, I was filled with great anticipation for my new life in Omaha.
As Welcome Week drew closer, my parents and I explored the city of Omaha while searching for all-important items such as a refrigerator, linens, personal items, and winter wear. Still, my fears and anxieties…(Read more)
Smart Like a Fox
In his fourth year of college, Josiah Nishita can recall one thing in particular that helped him transition to what some might consider foreign lands...(Read more)
No Place Like Home
Although she may be a fish out of water, it looks as if this fish is trading in her Hilo gills for a full Fort Collins respiratory system.(Read more)