2016-2016 Avatar Intro: Veronica Johnson

Hey guys! I am Veronica Johnson, and I am a senior this year. I have lived in Bowing Green my whole life, and I attended Bowling Green High School for my freshman and sophomore years of high school. Coming to Gatton from Warren County is a unique experience because I was already familiar with campus when I came, I still get to spend a lot of time with my family, and I can easily visit my home school to participate in clubs and see my friends. I have really broad interests, so I kind of want to be a doctor or do medical research, but I also kind of want to be an environmental scientist, and I might just pack up and move to Costa Rica and spend all day running around catching butterflies (I did butterfly research when I studied abroad during winter term and I loved it).

I have always been really involved in choir and I didn’t want to lose that when I came to Gatton, so I have been enrolled in a choir class every semester and plan to continue that when I go to real college. I get to go back to my home high school and sing with the choirs there. I have always loved singing with my friends, so I created a female A Cappella group at Gatton and we sang at Acapalooza, which is an A Cappella concert for high school and college groups in the Bowling Green area. I love that I have been able to stay involved with the clubs/hobbies that I am truly interested in.

I also spend a lot of my free time at my church, and one of the best things about living on campus is that I get to be friends with college students and get to know people who are not Gatton students. Contrary to popular belief, most WKU students don’t care that much that you are a Gatton student and most of them are more curious than hateful about it.  After their initial surprise that you are a couple of years younger than they are, they are cool with it. I really enjoy being involved with both Gatton and WKU groups because I get to meet so many people!

If you see me at school or in public, introduce yourself to me because I love meeting new people and I would love to talk to you about Gatton!