Olivia Brock of USU: Statistics & Art History, UG Research on Astrolabes, and Great Relationships.
Olivia grew up loving school. She loved most subjects and was very good at it. She was an avid ceramic artist. She was active in student government. When applying to college, she was planning to major in Business and then apply to Law School.
When Olivia joined USU, an introductory Art History class scrambled those plans. Olivia joins our podcast to tell us how, and share her UG Research experiences and her undergraduate college journey at USU.
In particular, we discuss the following with her:
- Overall Experience at USU
- Getting Started in with Research
- Impact of UG Research
- Majoring in Statistics and Art History
- Advice to Freshman and High Schoolers
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Introduction to Olivia Brock, USU [0:49]
- Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights [1:51]
- Overall USU Experience [4:10]
- Why USU? [5:58]
- High School Interests [7:46]
- Discovering Research [10:21]
- Why Research? [14:27]
- Research Details - Stats & Manuscript [16:16]
- Curator - Art Exhibition [21:51]
- Impact of Research [24:41]
- Majors Selection [28:43]
- What’s Next for Olivia? [32:45]
- Advice for Freshman [34:04]
- Skills for High Schoolers [36:59]
- Memories [39:31]
Our Guests: Olivia Brock graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics & Statistics and Art History from Utah State University.
Memorable Quote: “I am thinking of my high school English teacher, who kind of transformed my ability to write. And it was kind of a harsh experience. He definitely was not easy on me or any of his students. But I think I became a strong writer because of that. And it's, it's paid off many times over since then. So yeah, learn to write.” Olivia Brock.
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