Mid-Semester Introduction

It seems like one of the popular topics from my introduction was my study abroad trip to Italy! Here are a few more pictures from my trip.  I could talk about it for days so if anyone has questions or is contemplating studying abroad, I would love to chat with you about it!

 

This was at the Trevi Fountain but it was under construction.  I tried to recreate the Lizzie McGuire movie, but this was as good as I could do.

 

This was in the Coliseum in Rome, Italy. 

 These are some spinach and ricotta ravioli we made in one of our cooking classes.  

 

 You can't beat the water and the sights in the Amalfi Coast! 

 

I loved seeing the beautiful vineyards in Tuscany.

 

And we couldn't go a day without our cappuccinos. 

Introduction Week 1

Hey everyone!

My name is Alyse Williams and obviously, I am a student and a senior at the University of Oklahoma.  My major is Health and Exercise Sciences and I hope to attend Physical Therapy school in the near future. I am 21 years old and I grew up in Flower Mound, which is a suburb of Dallas, TX. 

Some of my hobbies include working out, hiking, yoga, shopping, anything outside, movies, church, and spending time with my friends and family.  I am obsessed with baseball and watching the Texas Rangers and going to the OU Baseball games whenever I can.  I also have an extreme case of FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), so I always have to be doing something. 

I love being involved on campus so my freshman year I joined a sorority, Pi Beta Phi, and it was one of the best decisions I ever made.  Not only have I met my amazing friends but this has led me to my current job teaching gymnastics to little kids and it opened my eyes to so many more opportunities on campus.  The last two years, I have been on the executive committee of Soonerthon on Dance Moral.  We raise money for the Oklahoma City Children Hospital and dance our hearts out with the little kiddos in the hospital.  This is something that I have become very passionate about.  The picture below is a picture of me and one of the miracle children from Soonerthon.

I have a lot of pets at home, and I miss them everyday.  I have a dog named Jack, two cats named Angelina and Rex, and three horses named Annie, Snickers, and Candy.  I love going home to see them, but my mom send me pictures of them weekly.  I wish I had a picture of my adorable pets, but sadly I do not on my computer.

This summer I tried to pack in as much as I possibly could.  I studied abroad in Arezzo, Italy studying the Mediterranean Diet and Culture.  After that took a trip to Illinois for my family reunion to visit my crazy and huge family.  Soon after that, my family and I left for Mexico for a week to lay out, relax, and play volleyball on the beach.  To finish it off, my friends and I took a spontaneous weekend trip to Galveston, TX to hang out on the beach and catch the last rays of summer.  When I was not traveling somewhere, I worked for my mom at an engineering company and turned the entire company into a paperless and "green" company.  I had a great summer, but it went by way too fast.

That pretty much sums up my life! Thanks for reading my blog :)