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Senior Jenny Trout takes her work
as an advocate for cancer patients seriously. Besides serving
on numerous committees for her sorority, she also has
participated in the UGA
Dance Marathon which has raised more than $1.25 million for
the Children's Miracle Network since 1996. More recently,
she has focused her efforts on UGA's Relay for Life, a fund-raiser
for the American Cancer Society, where she worked as the
Executive Survivorship Chair to encourage
participation from more cancer survivors than ever in UGA
Relay for Life's history. She has volunteered at the
Hope Lodge-Home for Cancer Patients in Atlanta, and hopes
to work at a cancer support center when she graduates next
year.
Expected graduation: August 2006
Degree Objective: Bachelor of Science
in Education with a major in Health Promotion and Behavior
University highlights, achievements and awards:
I received the Service Award for the Health Promotion
and Behavior Department and the Rotaract Club Top 12 students
at UGA Award this year. I have been
a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority since freshman year.
I have served on the new member education council and judicial
committee in ZTA. I was elected and served as the Executive
Scholarship/Scholastic Chair last calendar year for ZTA and
now I am the Semi-Executive Co-Judicial Chair. I was
also involved with Dance Marathon for my freshman and sophomore
year as a participant and a part of the recruitment
committee. Last year, I began volunteering with Relay for
Life, to benefit the American Cancer Society, and I was
a Team Captain and on the Survivorship committee. This
year, I was the Survivorship Chair, and we had the highest
participation from cancer survivors in UGA Relay for Life
history! Next year, I will be the Cancer Prevention and Advocacy
Chair.
High School: Harrison
High School
Hometown: Marietta/Kennesaw, Georgia
I chose to attend
UGA because...
...one of my friends who was a student here
introduced me to the amazing town of Athens. The first
time I came to Athens and UGA in high school, I knew that
I wanted to attend this school. The town is so magnetic,
and there are so many opportunities to give to the community
here and to meet amazing people. UGA truly is an eclectic
school. I love all the different groups of people with whom
I am able to socialize.
My favorite
things to do on campus are...
...work out at Ramsey
Center, participate in Relay for Life fundraisers at Tate,
lay on north campus and read my favorite books, and
simply watch all the different people walk on campus between
classes.
The craziest thing I've done is...
...gone
paragliding in the Swiss Alps in Interlaken, Switzerland
last year when I was studying in Verona, Italy.
My favorite place to study is...
...at either
Starbucks or Hot Corner downtown. I love both of
these places because, first of all, they have amazing coffee,
but also because they are downtown and I can watch the people
outside when I am just pretending to study. Both of these
coffee shops are amazingly relaxing.
My favorite
professor is...
...Robert Avery. He was my public
speaking professor last year, and he was really just amazing.
He had a great personality and really interacted with the
students. He put himself on our level which made me so much
more comfortable when I was speaking. He taught us how to
get in front of people and be ourselves, which is so important
when you are speaking in public. I really felt
that if I had a problem in class I could go and talk to him
and he would not only give me his undivided attention but
also give me an unbiased answer.
If I could share an afternoon
with anyone, I would love to share it with...
...Lance
Armstrong. He is such an inspiration to me. He took his cancer
and turned it into one of the biggest single fundraisers
for cancer ever. I would ask him how he did that and how
he feels about his results. I would also ask him how his
experience being a cancer survivor has changed his
outlook on life. I think that everyone could learn something
from his journey.
If money was not a consideration,
I would love to...
...pay for every cancer patient's chemotherapy,
radiation, and post-cancer counseling. I think these people
are really overlooked by the insurance companies, and we
tend to forget that after they have survived cancer they
still need emotional support. Also,
not everyone is able to pay for the most up-to-date treatment.
We need to help patients who are
not able to pay the balances left over from their insurance,
if they have coverage.
After graduation, I plan
to...
...work with a cancer support center in
Atlanta. These centers hold group and individual counseling
for cancer patients, survivors, and their care-givers.
They also help educate at health fairs and advocate for more
funding for cancer research and counseling. This is really
where my heart lies and I hope to work in the area of cancer
support for the rest of my life.
The one UGA
experience I will always remember will be...
...my freshman
year. I think
that being here really opened my eyes to all the different
types of people there are and the great opportunities
that are available to everyone. I will remember my dorm,
my new friends, and all the late nights of talking about
life with the girls on my hall. You really can't get much
better than dorm life, especially in Brumby Hall!
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