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Senior Profile
History student plans to teach about other cultures Discs 11
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By Christa Chappalle
Staff Writer
Very few people receive the
opportunity to travel the world and
teach people about different cul
tures, but senior history student
Emily Collins has done just that.
“I think by far my passion is
travel,” Collins said. “I really love
learning about different cultures,
the different people and being in
new places is by far the best way
to learn about them. Tasting food
and smelling different scents while
you walk around, you get a better
sen.se of it than just reading it in a
book.”
During her education at UNCA,
Collins traveled to to the United
Arab Emirates for the Women as
Global Leaders Conference at
Zayed University. She also trav
eled to countries such as Italy,
England and Ireland.
In addition, Collins remains
heavily involved at UNCA
through her memberships in vari
ous fraternities on campus, the
University Honors Program,
Teaching Fellows and Senior Class
Board. Along with these commit
ments, she helps coach a local high
school girls’ soccer team.
Students should give back to
their community because it allows
a person to feel like they can
change the world, according to
Collins.
“I think it’s definitely important
that you give back to your commu
nity, whether it’s through commu
nity .service or joining an organiza
tion,” Collins said. “Everything in
the world is interconnected, espe
cially through globalization nowa
days.
“The more that you can be a part
of it, the more and more you feel
comfortable and the more you can
affect change.”
Even though Collins remains
busy, she still dedicates herself to
everything around her, according
to Kasey Christian, senior student
and a high school friend of
Collins.
“She’s really caring about all the
things that she does, too,”
Christian said. “What really
impresses me is not that she just
does it, but she really is concerned
for her sorority sisters. She’s real
ly caring of the children she baby
sits for and the family. She still
keeps up with her church, and is
pretty good at including them all,
and still makes time to every now
and then to go have a cup of cof
fee.”
Because of Collins’ curious
nature, she always tries to learn
more about people and different
cultures, according to Brenda
Hopper, director of the Teaching
Fellows Program.
“She’s very inquisitive,” Hopper
said. “She always wants to know
more. She sets very high standards
for herself, but in setting those
high standards, she also expects to
have fun as she goes through life. I
think that’s a really neat way to be.
She wants to do things that she can
learn from. She loves to learn
about other countries and other
cultures.”
Since education surrounded her
as she grew up, she decided to
apply for the Teaching Fellows
scholarship. As she began to tutor
children, she decided that she
wanted a job in education, accord
ing to Collins.
“Education just kind of sur
rounded me, but I wasn’t really
honestly sure if I wanted to be a
teacher,” Collins said. “It wasn’t
until probably my second semester
that I decided that 1 really enjoyed
teaching.
“At UNCA they make us mentor
with the Teaching Fellows pro
gram right off the bat, and I just
really enjoyed that and liked being
in the classroom, connecting with
the students and seeing them
grow.”
Collins often integrates items
she has brought back from her
trips into her lessons so the stu
dents will understand the culture
of the location better. After return
ing from the U.A.E., she brought a
Muslim doll similar to Barbie,
called “Fulla,” to show to her stu
dents.
“I try to get the students to criti
cally think about why they have
this doll,” Collins said. “I try to get
them to look at Fulla, and what
messages it sends to young chil
dren.”
Though her travels may help her
students, they have also helped
Collins look differently at previous
ideas she may have had, such as
women in the Middle East. .
“During my trip to the U.A.E., 1
was able to learn about their ideas,
what they want, and what they
think about feminism,” Collins
said. ‘They consider women in the
United States oppressed, because
the market makes us wear tight,
sexy clothing. We’re oppressed by
that, because we have to show off
our body.”
Because Collins can enjoy the
smaller aspects in life, she can
commit herself to different activi
ties, according to Christian.
“As effective of a person she is,
she does not sacrifice simple
joys,” Christian said. “I think
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Magon Hagy - Staff Photographer
Senior history student Emily Collins is currently completing her stu
dent teaching at North Buncombe High School. After graduation, she
plans to continue teaching and eventually live in a different country.
that’s very important for her,
whether she knows it or not.”
After graduation, Collins plans
to move to the beach and teach,
though she will miss the moun
tains and the university.
Ultimately, she would like to live
in a different country for a while.
“I feel very fortunate to be from
the United States,” Collins said.
“We have lots of rights that a lot of
countries don’t, but at the same
time I still have the desire to live
outside of the United States.”
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