Post Week #1:

Hi! My name is Argerey! I am originally from sunny San Diego and like
long walks on the beach, burritos that are too big to fit in my mouth, and the
color periwinkle. If I am not at the beach or in the ocean I am probably
outside somewhere running, jumping, doing yoga, or hiking up a mountain
just for the fun of it (well the instagram too but who wouldn't?). I love taking
pictures, partly because I am extremely unphotogenic but mostly because I
love capturing people smile. I wish I were better at cooking because I sure do
eat a lot. I am always up for a good laugh or deep talk and am seriously
considering working at Pottery Barn when I retire. I believe everything
happens for a reason and that reflection is an integral part of understanding
this thing we all have a full time job in called life. Elephants and manatees
are my favorite animals and my life goal is to find a way to shrink them to
the size of my palm so that I can have mini-elephants and mini-manatees. I
am a die hard Taylor Swift fan and know every lyric to every song. I watch
anything that has suspense or drama (Scandal, How to Get Away With
Murder, Revenge) but would take a viewing of Another Cinderella Story or
Mean Girls over basically anything else any day of the year. For as athletic as
I am I have zero hand eye coordination. But, his does not stop me from
spontaneous dance parties, usually by myself in a random Savory classroom
around 1 am. I am a proud Delta Gamma and am obsessed with anything
that has an anchor on it. In a perfect world I will double degree with a BA in
Psychology, BS in Biology, and enough time to study abroad TWICE to
Italy/Greece and then to Australia/New Zealand! So excited to meet you all
and teach the new kiddos how AWESOME Honors is!!!
Post Week #2:
Although I have not had a lot of exposure to examples of these types of
high-impact educational practices, I do plan on getting involved with them
later in my UW career. I am impressed that the Honors program seems to
directly correlate to these practices in the way that the program is both
structured and run. The UW also seems to use most of these practices as
tools, which is even more impressive as it might not be expected in such a
large university. I think it is important to recognize that all of these programs
seek to not only make smaller communities and stronger connections for
students, but also lead the student to avenues were they are able to get
more personalized attention for their academic as well as nonacademic
interests. The hardest part of coming to college, at least it seems for a lot of
students, is being able to find the topics that interest you amidst a sea of
clubs, teams, affiliations, and opportunities. There is simply a lot to do.
I experienced the "First-Year Seminars and Experiences" both within and
outside the Honors program which I enjoyed because it allowed me to get to
know two separate groups of students, two separate programs at the UW, as
well as two separate approaches to making UW my home. These groups
allowed me to make connections with students I might not have met
otherwise and expanded my network of friends, mentors, and program
directors. Both Honors 100 and the FIG class I was in helped me make these

connections with older students and programs I did not know at the UW
which helped shape both what I want to study and be involved with on
campus.
The only other practice that I have directly used since coming to the UW is
the one titled "Common Intellectual Experiences". The core curriculum
discussed here is seen through both the Honors curriculum as well as the
way that both of my majors (Psychology and Biology) are set up. I was very
worried coming to UW that I would miss out on the liberal arts education that
students at smaller schools experience, but after being here a few short
months I know that I am getting an education that reflects both liberal arts
and large research university approaches.
Post Week #3:
When coming to UW I was anti-Greek. I had no interest in the Greek
system and thought that I did not believe in what I had thought it stood for. I
had a really good friend a year older that was actually the reason why I even
applied to UW who did decide to go Greek. Days before recruitment after
failed attempts at making friends in the EFS dorms, she convinced me to
give it a shot. So, a week later, I found myself name tagged in six-inch heels
talking to over 100 sorority women during the UW's formal fall recruitment
process. I cannot say that I enjoyed recruitment and for the first couple days
did not like Greek life at all. It was not until my second or third week in my
house where I realized on my walk back from my last class of the day that I
was not being very appreciative of the fact that I had a beautiful gift. This gift
was that every day I got to come "home". I looked forward to dinners with
my "family" and curling up on my favorite couch doing homework with some
of my best friends. It took be a while to realize that being Greek gave me
what I thought would be very difficult to obtain being from out of state-a
home. It gave me a place where people that shared my same values
surrounded me and ethical beliefs yet challenged and encouraged me to be
the best version of myself that I could possibly be. To realize all let alone any
of this, took a bit, as deep relationships are not made over night. They are
made through the bond that is formed when a community of people going
through some of the same experiences realizes that they are not alone by
any means and have an entire support system to help them along this
journey called college.
Post Week #4:
One of the main goals I had coming into this preparatory class was to
really solidify my understanding of the honors curriculum. I was convinced
that I did not know as much as I wanted or needed to. But, after this group
teach, I realized how much I have learned since being in Honors 100. It
surprised me, in fact, how much I actually knew which made me more
confident in my abilities to teach it to others. The use of my group's visual
aids helped out a lot, along with our number of worksheets. If I had to do it
differently next time, I would have had one cohesive worksheet for students
to have to follow along with the presentation, almost like a cheat sheet for
the Honors curriculum. I would hold a discussion session at the end, where

open-ended questions could be discussed within the group. Compared to my

mini teach, this exercise was a tad more hands off than I would have liked it
to be, so in the future I would like to make sure that my group has ample
time to participate and be engaged.
Post for website:
Hi! My name is Argerey! I am a rising sophomore looking to get a
double degree in Biology and Psychology. I like long walks on the beach,
burritos that are too big to fit in my mouth, and the color periwinkle. If I am
not at the beach or in the ocean I am probably outside somewhere running,
jumping, doing yoga, or hiking up a mountain just for the fun of it (well the
instagram too but who wouldn't?). I love taking pictures, partly because I am
extremely unphotogenic but mostly because I love capturing people smile. I
wish I were better at cooking because I sure do eat a lot. I have no selfcontrol when it comes to anything chocolate and eat more Molly Moon's ice
cream than is probably socially acceptable. In my spare time I like to listen to
my main girl T.Swift, anything by Imagine Dragons, alt-J, Haim, and some
Kayne randomly. I watch anything that has suspense or drama but would
take a good rom-com over basically anything else any day. For as athletic as I
am I have zero hand eye coordination. But, this does not stop me from
starting spontaneous dance parties, usually by myself in the dead of night.
This summer I am going back to my hometown of sunny San Diego to work
as a yoga instructor. In July I am super excited to go to the music festival,
Outsidelands, in San Francisco and towards the end of the summer I plan to
go to Peru with my family to hike Machu Picchu for a few weeks. I am itching
for a Dawg Saturday and cannot wait for the best quarter of the school yearFall! I can't wait to share with the incoming class of 2019 how AMAZING it is
to be a dawg! (see me pictured right )