A warm hello and welcome 😊

My name is Ivy, I live in Sydney, Cronulla and I’m currently onto my second year of Uni at UOW. I am studying a Bachelor of Media and Communications, majoring in Visual Communication Design and minoring in graphic design and marketing.

Looking back onto the end of my year 12 schooling life and the start of my life as a Uni student, I imagined Uni to be full of life and meeting a variety of different people. Though when COVID hit and meeting new people was a lot more difficult through a screen, my initial idea of Uni work and learning was still the same as to what I thought it would be. During high school I selected drama as one of my senior electives and it was my favourite subject by far! Performing and acting was always enjoyable, but I mostly enjoyed the creative arts side of creating flyers and posters for our selected plays – particularly our HSC final grade task. This is what lead me into the major of Visual Communication Design and I never think twice about my decision.  

I asked my best friend who doesn’t attend a Uni, “What comes to her mind when she thinks of a University student?” and she replied with “It reminds me of someone that has a passion and interest in something and has the motivation to study it to then reach their goal/dream job”.