Student Spotlights

Hometown: Greensboro, NC B.A. Political Science and B.A Music 2025 How did you first get interested in music?I first became interested in Music when I entered middle school. In the 6th grade, I joined my middle school choir, and participating in an ensemble made me a more confident and social individual. Singing allowed me to […]

Hometown: Charlotte, NC BA in Architecture 2026 How did you first get interested in design?I am a sibling to 3, and am a strong momma’s baby. I am a huge part of the Arianators, and I love Italian and Mexican cuisine. I grew up in Charlotte, NC, and began my interest in design around the […]

Hometown: Cary, NC B.A. in Music (applied instrument: Cello), B.A. in Communications with a concentration in Mass Media 2025 How did you first get interested in music? Growing up, I was always surrounded by music. I would wake up to the sound of classical music in elementary school, listen/watch musicals, and YouTubers such as the […]

Hometown: Harrisburg, NC B.A. in Music and B.S. in Computer Science 2025 How did you first get interested in music? My interest in music started in 5th grade, when I started a band. I wasn’t too into it back then, and even considered dropping, but nevertheless continued into high school. Playing in my high school’s […]

Hometown: Richmond, VA and Charlotte, NC BA in Theatre and a Minor in Psychology 2026 How did you first get interested in Theatre? I’m going to be honest, I can’t recall a specific moment where I fell in love with acting/moving making in general. It was more of just an unconscious love for the stories this […]

Hometown: Indian Trail, NC BA in Theatre with a Performance Concentration and a Musical Theatre Certificate 2025 How did you first get interested in theatre? I first got involved in theatre in my school’s fifth grade musical. I started to gain more interest in the theatre path when I started middle school. However, it wasn’t […]

Hometown: Hickory, NC BFA in Graphic Design and BA in Art History 2025 How did you first get interested in art? It seems cliche to say that every child was an artist but I do believe I was. I remember participating in art summer camps at our local museum ever since I was young and […]

BA in Applied Dance and a BS in Exercise Science

Hometowns: Atlanta, GA and San Diego, CA BA in Theater Performance, BA in Spanish, and Certificates in Musical Theatre, Spanish-English Translation, and Business Spanish 2025 How did you first get interested in theatre? My introduction to performing actually happened by chance! I wasn’t the most outgoing when I was younger, but my grandma, who sang […]

Hometown: Penza, Russia BA in Architecture 2025 How did you first get interested in Architecture? I first became interested in architecture in middle school when I began thinking about what future career I wanted to pursue. I’ve always been drawn to the arts and mathematics, so I decided that architecture would be an ideal combination of those two. While in […]