Month: August 2023

ABOUT ME

by Elsie

I was born and raised in Auburn Iowa on an acreage. Auburn, the small town of 100 people, was nearby our 40 acer timber. I have eight brothers and two sisters. My mother had six boys then I came along as the first girl in the family as number seven. My mother then had two more boys and two more girls. Noah, Israel, James, Elijah, Ezra, Abraham, Elsie (me,) Thaddaeus, Levi, Maggie, And Rebekah. My teenage years were spent in Carroll Iowa and I attended Carroll High School. During this time I loved to rodeo and ride my horses. I was a rodeo queen for three years. The summer of 2021 before my senior year of high school I solo traveled to Spain to visit my friend Adri who I met in high school because she was a foreign exchange student. I was there for a month and traveled all around Spain to major cities such as Valencia, Bilbao, Comillas, Pamplona and Madrid.

I was a wrestler in high school my senior year and wrestled at state. It was my first year wrestling and at state I was one place away from the winners podium. Upon graduation in May 2022 I decided I would attend Morningside University where my big brother Abraham also attends and three other close family members attended. After my first year of collage I solo traveled to Spain a second time to the island of Mallorca to work as an Au Pair for June and July. I am also apart of the choir here at Morningside and am excited to travel to Cape Town South Africa for an international tour in the spring of 2024. This year I am a second year student at Morningside and I am loving learning about my business administration major as well as my involvement with peer mentoring and Americorp program. I am simply ecstatic about this fresh year for new adventures.

Classmate Story Assignment

by Elsie

Casey Kruger was born and raised in Omaha Nebraska, he is a twin to a sister and also has a younger 9 year old sister. His sisters are picky eaters he says so the food at home varies because of clashing opinions on food but the food is often bland to quench the preferred plain taste. There are three pups at home; the family joys. Tucker is the oldest, he is 15 as of the fourth of July. Then comes Sadie, six years old and a German Shepherd. Last is grandma Abigail. The dogs of the family are very important to everyone. Tucker is Casey’s favorite because he has been around the longest. Tucker has been through the most with the family.   

 Casey is an athletic person as well. He enjoys track and cross country and he trains hard for these sports despite injuries in the past. Casey has fractured metatarsals in his foot and was out of his sports for 3 months because of it. His recovery and comeback has given him the opportunity to do these sports he loves right here at morningside. There is a scar Casey has on his right knee from falling off a rock at an Iowa Hawkeye game. Scars that tell his story. While chatting with Casey he mentioned he has studied spanish. He wants to be set apart from the croud when it comes to speaking multiple languages. Cacey say’s “there are so many reasons to learn spanish.” Being set apart in the job market being one of them.