Junior Hannah Hall is almost always busy.
“I am in many RSOs, I’m in Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority, I am a member of UCA Dance Marathon, UCA pre-PT Club, Lawn Learners… I feel like there’s a few more, but we’ll stick with those,” Hall said.
Hall is the vice president of programming and ritual on Alpha Sigma Alpha’s executive board.
“I’m a morale booster, so basically I give out awards at chapter meetings to make the chapter more unified,” Hall said.
Like most other things on campus, the pandemic has made some parts of sorority life harder than usual.
“It’s been pretty hard. Like any organization, you’re used to being close and together all the time… and inclusivity is a big part of each organization. Having to be six-feet-apart all the times…you don’t get the same feeling you normally would,” Hall said.
Hall, an exercise science major, is adapting to the Covid-19 changes as well as she can. Her professors are already trying to help make this semester go smoothly, and safely, along.
“With my major, it’s more helpful for us to be in person for most of our classes, so they try to do it outside or at the baseball stadium or the basketball gym just to space us out.”
There are a couple of reasons why Hall chose exercise science as her major, and each reason is attached to the impact people have had on her life.
In the eighth grade, she tore her patellar tendon. During her recovery, she “met an awesome physical therapist” and things clicked into place.
“I want to do Physical Therapy. My end goal for PT is to work with the elderly because I’ve been really impacted by the elderly people in my life, and I really wanna make a difference in the rest of the life that they have left,” Hall said.
In the small amount of free time Hall can find in her schedule, she enjoys “eating, sleeping, and maybe working out.”
While she may be an outgoing person, there are some days where she likes to have time alone to “sit and recharge.”
Hall chose UCA “because it’s not too far away from home, but it’s still far enough where my mom couldn’t drive and just pop in my apartment anytime she wanted.”
She has stayed, however, because of her love for the university.
“It’s perfect. I love the family that it’s given me. The staff… care about you so much, and they want you to succeed, and they’re not gonna let you fall down on your face,” Hall said.
The organizations on campus and the size of the university have helped Hall become familiar with many other students and faculty throughout campus.
“It’s hard to walk from class to class without seeing someone I know,” she said.
But this doesn’t seem to be an issue for Hall. The size of campus is perfect for her.
Hall toured bigger universities, but she felt “like I was just a drop of water in a big, huge ocean. Here at UCA…you don’t feel like a lost drop of water in the ocean, you feel like a wave.”
