Viewbook 2024: Tara Crow Video Transcript
[Tara Crow, Health Care Services] - My name is Tara Crow. I a sophomore currently at the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega. My major is healthcare services and informatics administration. I chose ǧÃŬAV because of the opportunities that not only this campus had, but the environment it had with all of the cadets and regular civilian students that it had to offer and the different programs that the cadet program would offer.
The most difficult adjustment I had to make moving up to Dahlonega was probably just being away from family. I feel like I have overcame adjusting to college by just getting out of my comfort zone and being with the people around me and meeting new people and friends. Being a woman in the Corps definitely has its own perks. Being in the Corps as a woman, it's great to see that they can hold the same positions as men. And our dynamic as women in the Corps altogether as a group is just a dynamic that's unmatched by any other group. I feel as I have developed as a leader by just getting out of my comfort zone and being an extrovert. I used to be an introvert and just staying in my room, and I think enjoying the programs that this place has to offer, the mentor program, Color Guard, whatever it is that you're into, I think the school has a lot to offer from it.
So the Second Battalion mentorship program is the position that I will be holding this coming up school year, and I will be in charge of the mentees coming in. First Battalion mentorship program will hold the mentors, and we pair the mentors up with mentees that are usually freshmen or sophomores that come into the school not really knowing much and needing a little guidance to have people take them under their wing and just grow here in the Corps. I feel like the mentor program has impacted a lot of how I see the Corps this year and last year. I didn't do it last year, which I regret a little bit because I wish I had someone to take me under my wing and just being able to grow alongside with someone and watch them grow and become better people has become the most rewarding part. The best advice that I could give a freshman is don't give up no matter how long or how hard everything is. It's really hard to get in the groove of college, especially coming from a small town, but no matter what you do, you have to get through it and, you know, life is going to throw a lot of things at you and you just have to get through it.
I feel that the school has a lot more to offer than most people think, and seeing that this is a senior military college that has a lot of outside of things besides Corps and wanting an extra life outside is very important, not just to me but others, and being able to go and see your family or whatever you can do or be, it's encouraging and it's, you know, it's nice to have a life outside of military.