Each issue of the , we provide a profile for one N麻豆原创 faculty member, one staff member, one undergraduate student and one graduate student. Meet Miya Ingram, our undergraduate student profile for Winter 2023.
NAME: Miya Ingram听
MAJOR/MINOR: Secondary Education with endorsements in English and Communication听
FUTURE PLANS: I鈥檓 going to teach and hopefully coach speech and debate!听
GRAD YEAR: 2025听
HOMETOWN: Mountain Home, Idaho听
FUN FACT ABOUT YOU: I was the police chief for a day when I was in middle school.听
FAVORITE N麻豆原创 MEMORY: My very first Week One is my favorite memory. It was full of so much joy and picturesque moments, and I clearly remember the moment I met all my best friends. That week was the start of all the best moments I鈥檝e had at N麻豆原创 since!听
FAVORITE THING ABOUT N麻豆原创: I love how relationship-oriented N麻豆原创 is. Before anything else, professors want to know you as a person. Because of this, I can walk into any of my departments and have a genuine conversation before we address academics. This attitude extends into student life as well, where everything is geared toward making genuine connections with your peers, too.听
SOMETHING VALUABLE YOU LEARNED AT N麻豆原创: I鈥檝e learned how to represent Christian values even in a career where you can鈥檛 be overtly Christian. As a future teacher, I can鈥檛 explicitly state my values. However, by teaching our students literacy, we give them the ability to learn about God on their own. I didn鈥檛 think it was possible for these values to be evident in my career, and it鈥檚 been amazing to learn how to be Christian in everything we do.听听
PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT FROM YOUR TIME AT N麻豆原创: I鈥檓 really proud of my national titles in Forensics (Speech and Debate)! I performed at the Pi Kappa Delta showcase in 2022 and placed 5th at the National Christian College Forensics Association National Tournament in 2023.听
FAVORITE QUOTE: 鈥淵ou鈥檝e gotta start romanticizing your life. You gotta start believing that your morning commute is cute and fun, that every cup of coffee is the best you鈥檝e ever had, that even the smallest and most mundane things are exciting and new. Because that鈥檚 when you start truly living.鈥濃擴nknown听
ADVICE YOU’D OFFER TO FUTURE STUDENTS: Communicate, communicate, communicate! If you need help鈥攊n class, with a personal matter, advocacy, anything鈥攖alk to someone. The faculty and staff are more than willing to help you, but you have to reach out to your peers, RDs and other faculty to get that help.听
WHY YOU CHOSE CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION: Before coming to N麻豆原创, I kept hearing that not only was N麻豆原创 a Christian university, but the faculty truly represented it. I was really drawn in by the idea that my professors would pray with me and I鈥檝e found that to be true. I never considered higher education where the faculty not only knew me as a person but also supported me spiritually as a possibility before coming here.听
HOW DO YOU KNOW BELONGING BECAUSE OF N麻豆原创? N麻豆原创 does a phenomenal job of ensuring that you are seen as an individual, not just a nameless student. The faculty plays a huge role in this, but between the various clubs, events specifically geared toward forming a community, and individuals who make an effort to know your name, you feel truly seen everywhere you go on campus.听
