Interview for Project

Interview for Project

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My research project that we are currently working on is covering all aspects of the student center at the University of Kentucky. So I conducted my interview with someone that has had more affiliation with the student center than anyone I have ever seen! My interview was with a senior peer mentor at UK, Whitney Scott.

My Interview

Question 1. What things have you participated in that involves the student center?

Response: Various, K week activities, Homecoming, SAB, Fusion, ELI, and a few other student organizations including my peer instructing at the Student Center now.

Question 2. What motivated you to do all of these things?

Response: A lot of it was just really being involved. In high school I was involved in around 20 organizations, so I just really wanted to keep that going through college.

Question 3. What would you say is the most useful thing about the student center?

Response: Providing spaces for classrooms and events. There is literally always something going on here, and that’s really my favorite thing about the student center.

Question 4. If someone were to ask you why use the student center what would you say?

Response: It is just a great place to make connections and explore. There is also a lot of great food that is to your convenience.

Question 5. What do you think the purpose of student unions are? (In general not just UK)

Response: To form a small family within a huge organization and campus.

Question 6: If someone where interested in doing a job like yours (any of them) what advice would you tell them as far as going about doing that?

Response: Reach out to that job or organization, initiate the first point of contact, and check your availability.

Question 7. How do you feel about the new student center?

Response: It will be simply awesome. Extremely more convenient to the majority of students on campus.

Question 8. What has lead you to a lot of your opportunities in the student center? The CSI(Center for Student Involvement is great, it has shown me so many different opportunities.

Question 9. How do you feel as a whole about UK’s Student Center? It completely satisfys my perception of a student union, what they should stand for, their mission statement, etc.

Question 10. Who would you most attribute your success to at the University of Kentucky?

Response: Well so many people, but more so than anyone my parents, friends, and academic advisers.