Caught on campus: Three majors combine for a triple threat
Susan WelshSenior majoring in interdisciplinary studies combining psychology, sociology and family human development
Caught: Multicultural Student Services LoungeHometown: Parker, ArizonaAge: 22Favorite colors: purple and blackFavorite food: Italian Utah Statesman: What brought you to Utah State University?
Susan Welsh: The Multicultural Student Services Office made a big effort to bring me here and I was given a scholarship too.
US: What are your plans after college?
Welsh: I plan to go back to my tribe [Colo. River Indian Tribe] and if they have any programs there dealing with families and children or educational programs, I would get a job with them. If not, I’ll try and start my own thing.
US: Why did you choose to major in your choice of interdisciplinary studies?
Welsh: It’s more of what I want to go into – help people, help children, just help my [Native American] people
US: What would you tell an undeclared freshman about your major?
Welsh: I would say I like it. You can have the psychology side, the sociology side, the family human development side and they all intercorrelate. You can have the best of all worlds.
US: What is your favorite thing about USU?
Welsh: I would say the MSS [Multicultural Student Services] Lounge and the Office, because they did make an effort to bring me here and I just got to meet more people. It was kind of a culture shock when I first got here, because I just grew up around Caucasians and Native Americans and so just meeting different people of different cultures – I like it a lot.
US: What is your least favorite thing about USU?
Welsh: The books. I still have books from my sophomore year they won’t buy back. And, they really need an open 24-hour study area. Getting kicked out of the library is not fun.
US: What is your philosophy of life?
Welsh: Smile, because you never know if will make someone else’s day.
US: If money were no object, what would you do for a living?
Welsh: I would live the traditional life of a Navajo. They don’t rely on money resources, they live off what they have – the land. They live day to day.
US: Where is your favorite place in the world?
Welsh: I would say two locations of where I lived – my previous home in Fort Duschene, Utah, and my grandmother’s place in Parker, Arizona.
US: If you won an all-expense paid trip for two weeks, where would you go?
Welsh: Anywhere outside of the United States.US: Who do you look up to?
Welsh: My mom, for raising me. Dear Lord, I don’t know how she did.
US: What activity do you prefer on the weekends?
Welsh: Relaxing and movies and tons of junk food and candy.
US: What is your favorite candy?Welsh: Dots and root beer. They go together.
US: What is the last movie you rented or saw in the theater?
Welsh: “Constantine.” It was funny.
US: What is your favorite time of the day?
Welsh: I would say late afternoons when I am more awake.-joelfeathers@cc.usu.edu