Tamaratare, talks about choosing modules from the long list available to Liberal Arts students and how a chance encounter led her to be scouted by the GB American Flag Football team.
Navigating module choice in a Liberal Arts BA
I did the International Baccalaureate so had studied a range of English, humanities and culture subjects and I didn't want to give that variety up. Also, I have this internal conflict of feeling like a very academic student but also love the performing arts and wanted to find a degree that allowed me to explore these two areas.
I let this desire for a balance between academic and performing modules shape my module selection. We studied two core modules Introduction to Liberal Arts and Explorations: Space and Place where we looked at different areas of humanities and social sciences, archaeology, sociology, and psychology. Those first few modules allow you to get to know your strengths and preferences.
Ross Wilson was my personal tutor and he's also the director of Liberal Arts. I can't even explain what an absolute hero that man is, I think I can vouch for every single liberal arts student in saying that he goes above and beyond.
Tamaratare
My experience of societies
I was a member of so many societies, including The Dance Society, Songwriting Society, the Music Society, I was on the athletics team, the American Football team and worked at URN Radio. I loved it, I was always really busy and it was a great way of meeting people. I made a lot of friends through sports and societies that I feel I'm going to have for a long time.
Of all my uni achievements, I'm most proud of the progress that I made in my societies, when I first joined the Dance Society I felt intimidated, and likewise with American Football, I'd never played it before. But then by the end of my time at Nottingham, I'd won awards/accolades in both. I got the Most Improved Dancer award and Most Valuable Player award from the American Football team. If you'd told me that I would have been able to get those awards when I joined those societies, I would have said you are crazy.
A chance encounter with an amazing outcome
During my Drama, Theatre, and Performance module, I happened to be directing a play alongside the captain of the American Football Team. I had always been very sporty in school but had never had the opportunity to play American football before, so I when she invited me to a taster session I decided to give it a try. I made the team and ended up getting scouted by the GB American Flag Football team! I've been training with them since graduating and am now on their development team and at the start of a potential new sporting career.
