Transfer Student Spotlight

Lily Wu

Lily is a transfer student from Salt Lake Community College double majoring at the U of U in Asian and International Studies with a minor in Japanese.

While at SLCC Lily was heavily involved in the Peer Action Leadership group.  As part of this group she helped with many SLCC events, doing over 200 hours of community service! Some of the notable events that she helped with were the Sweethearts Dance at the Taylorsville Senior Center and the 1000 Cranes for Japan activity in memory of the Tohoku disaster in Japan.  Lily was the primary leader for this event.

While at the U of U, Lily has participated in a Learning Abroad program at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.  She has also been involved in activities with the Center for Ethnic Student Affairs and she currently works in Career Services.

Lily’s long term goals are to work in the Foreign Service or some other sort of government work.  She recently accepted an offer through the Japanese Embassy in Denver to work with the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET) where she will have the opportunity to teach English in Japan.  She eventually hopes to end up living in Ireland or the United Kingdom.

Lily chose to transfer to the U because of the great resources it offered such as the Learning Abroad Center, Career Services, and the Asia Center. She also liked the fact that the campus was easily accessible by public transit and that as a student she could ride for free.

She felt a bit lost at the U at first.  The campus seemed large compared to SLCC, and it took her a while to get used to all the new terminology and policies she encountered here. She eventually got used to all the changes and enjoyed the new challenges and opportunities the U offered her.

We are glad Lily chose to transfer to the U of U!  It will be great to have her representing our school as she travels the world!