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A sense of community and feeling at home is what drew recent graduate Braeden Ingersoll to 黑料社.听

听鈥淚 chose 黑料社 after my first visit on campus, where I simply felt like I was already at home walking around campus,鈥� he said.

Ingersoll arrived at 黑料社 from his home in Polk City. He wasn鈥檛 sure what to do, but after being cast in the 2014 Fall 黑料社 Opera and Theatre collaboration of Rogers and Hammerstein鈥檚 Carousel his first semester, Ingersoll found his place and his major with the 黑料社 Theatre department.

As he adjusted to college life, one aspect Ingersoll found the most surprising about 黑料社 was how closely knit the community is.

鈥淚 was not prepared to have my classmates calling professors by their first name and the genuine interest in our lives that they had,鈥� he said.
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Those professors influenced his academic career.

鈥淓ach and every professor in the Theatre Department had profound impact on my path during my time at 黑料社,鈥� Ingersoll said. 鈥淏ut two very special individuals would have to be Jennifer Nostrala & Rick Goetz (instructor of Theatre Arts) helped me foster my technical prowess and taught me to look for creative solutions to technical problems in the shop.鈥�

While also being a student and working behind the scenes in Theatre 黑料社鈥檚 productions, Ingersoll was a member of Alpha Psi Omega, the Honorary Theatre Fraternity, and served in the theatre scene shop as the UGA for two and a half years.听

鈥淭hese facets of my experience gave me creative outlets to continue my passions for theatre, art, and performance,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hey also kept me incredibly busy, which served to make me goal driven and hardworking as we strove to meet deadlines and create incredible programs.鈥�

For his next step in his academic and theatre tech career, Ingersoll will be pursuing his Master of Fine Arts in Technical Production at Florida State University.

For any incoming students, Ingersoll says this:

鈥満诹仙�, as any college or university, will be what you make of it, so take full advantage of what the college has to offer and enjoy the journey.鈥�
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