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What are some things you are most passionate about?
Student groups and academic support. I don’t want to bore you with the details, you can read everything here: https://takeactionhopkins2021.weebly.com/cici.html
Long story short, I had trouble adjusting when I first came to Hopkins and felt miffed that I had no idea how much academic support we have. I probably went to every single office hour ever and talked with my academic advisor at least three or four times my first semester and none of them ever said anything about it.
I finally found some support freshman spring through my dance group and PILOT. Our student groups and academic support programs are pretty much all run/taught by upperclassmen. They know the culture inside-out and have likely gone through whatever you’re going through. So, they are the ones with the best advice on how to deal with problems. Not everyone struggles at the same level, but it’s just really nice knowing you have somewhere to turn to if you need it. My goal is to make sure we reach out to students like myself and find them before they even have a chance to start drowning, rather than waiting for them to come find us as a last resort.
Also, yes, academic support does work. Yes, some programs or instructors are better than others. I have utilized these programs myself. But everything can and should be well publicized and improved.
What have you done or helped do on campus during your time at JHU?
Student groups: I dedicated the bulk of my sophomore year as president of the Lan Yun Blue Orchids, Hopkins’ Chinese Classical Dance team, to expanding our audience base. We were one of the last performing arts groups added (2016), and there was a lot of work needed to grow. Fast-forward to Fall 2019: we had a one-in-a-lifetime experience performing at the Capital One Arena in D.C. for the Wizard’s Lunar New Year Halftime Show. I am also a lab manager for Agara Bio, another student org started recently (within the last two years). Our goal is to create a community biology lab in our shared UTL lab space. I’ve largely worked on the starting infrastructure (creating an ordering/receiving protocol, coordinating with the bio department for money handling, etc). One of the best groups/ideas I’ve ever come across, check us out if you have time.
Academic support: Currently, the bulk of my time (junior year) is spent on this. I am a bio lab instructor, orgo PILOT leader, and Study Consultant. In each position, I try to communicate to my mentees that I am not just another instructor with a job, but a friend and support tool. They know (I hope lol) to shoot me an email whenever, and that my Zoom window is always open.
Why did you decide to run for office?
I was actually a part of the SGA write-in movement. I was joking around with a friend (who eventually started JHU Help) that I would run if she ran my campaign for me. She took me seriously and gathered a small team of our close friends to drop everything for three days in the midst of an exam wave. I want to thank them for believing in me enough to do that. Well, the movement was so impactful that SGA decided to postpone elections in an effort to be more inclusive. Thanks, SGA, for actually listening. A wave of emotion hit when I saw the huge increase in the number of people running this year. Now that I have the chance to put my name on the ballot, I’ve revamped my message alongside two other powerful ladies. As upcoming seniors, we just want a chance to bring some fresh ideas to the table and graduate knowing we tried our best to make some truly impactful change.
What is the first thing you would accomplish if you won your position?
Restructure SGA’s Academic Affairs committee (didn’t even know we had one) with a team of people who actually have experience in academic support. The first thing on the agenda should be to schedule a meeting with most, if not all, of the academic support program directors and find out how we can more effectively and accurately publicize their programs. Then, the committee itself should start reaching out to the student body (emails) to provide students with an “academic hotline”. Our job is to direct students to the proper resources/programs and minimize the complaints that Hopkins has no academic support. Future endeavors would be to maybe look at how we can make each program more effective, but that is something that would need to be done with the approval of program directors and admin.
Student groups and academic support. I don’t want to bore you with the details, you can read everything here: https://takeactionhopkins2021.weebly.com/cici.html
Long story short, I had trouble adjusting when I first came to Hopkins and felt miffed that I had no idea how much academic support we have. I probably went to every single office hour ever and talked with my academic advisor at least three or four times my first semester and none of them ever said anything about it.
I finally found some support freshman spring through my dance group and PILOT. Our student groups and academic support programs are pretty much all run/taught by upperclassmen. They know the culture inside-out and have likely gone through whatever you’re going through. So, they are the ones with the best advice on how to deal with problems. Not everyone struggles at the same level, but it’s just really nice knowing you have somewhere to turn to if you need it. My goal is to make sure we reach out to students like myself and find them before they even have a chance to start drowning, rather than waiting for them to come find us as a last resort.
Also, yes, academic support does work. Yes, some programs or instructors are better than others. I have utilized these programs myself. But everything can and should be well publicized and improved.
What have you done or helped do on campus during your time at JHU?
Student groups: I dedicated the bulk of my sophomore year as president of the Lan Yun Blue Orchids, Hopkins’ Chinese Classical Dance team, to expanding our audience base. We were one of the last performing arts groups added (2016), and there was a lot of work needed to grow. Fast-forward to Fall 2019: we had a one-in-a-lifetime experience performing at the Capital One Arena in D.C. for the Wizard’s Lunar New Year Halftime Show. I am also a lab manager for Agara Bio, another student org started recently (within the last two years). Our goal is to create a community biology lab in our shared UTL lab space. I’ve largely worked on the starting infrastructure (creating an ordering/receiving protocol, coordinating with the bio department for money handling, etc). One of the best groups/ideas I’ve ever come across, check us out if you have time.
Academic support: Currently, the bulk of my time (junior year) is spent on this. I am a bio lab instructor, orgo PILOT leader, and Study Consultant. In each position, I try to communicate to my mentees that I am not just another instructor with a job, but a friend and support tool. They know (I hope lol) to shoot me an email whenever, and that my Zoom window is always open.
Why did you decide to run for office?
I was actually a part of the SGA write-in movement. I was joking around with a friend (who eventually started JHU Help) that I would run if she ran my campaign for me. She took me seriously and gathered a small team of our close friends to drop everything for three days in the midst of an exam wave. I want to thank them for believing in me enough to do that. Well, the movement was so impactful that SGA decided to postpone elections in an effort to be more inclusive. Thanks, SGA, for actually listening. A wave of emotion hit when I saw the huge increase in the number of people running this year. Now that I have the chance to put my name on the ballot, I’ve revamped my message alongside two other powerful ladies. As upcoming seniors, we just want a chance to bring some fresh ideas to the table and graduate knowing we tried our best to make some truly impactful change.
What is the first thing you would accomplish if you won your position?
Restructure SGA’s Academic Affairs committee (didn’t even know we had one) with a team of people who actually have experience in academic support. The first thing on the agenda should be to schedule a meeting with most, if not all, of the academic support program directors and find out how we can more effectively and accurately publicize their programs. Then, the committee itself should start reaching out to the student body (emails) to provide students with an “academic hotline”. Our job is to direct students to the proper resources/programs and minimize the complaints that Hopkins has no academic support. Future endeavors would be to maybe look at how we can make each program more effective, but that is something that would need to be done with the approval of program directors and admin.
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