An enthusiastic teacher and mentor helped Brenna Pierce decide she wanted to pursue a career in medical-surgical nursing. In turn, Pierce spent a lot of her time at UConn as a mentor herself \u2013 working with other students to help them find their own passions within the School of Nursing.<\/p>\n
Why did you choose UConn?<\/strong> What\u2019s your major or field of study, and what drew you to it?<\/strong> Did you have a favorite professor or class?<\/strong> What activities were you involved in as a student?<\/strong> What are your plans after graduation\/receiving your degree?<\/strong> Any advice for incoming students?<\/strong> What\u2019s one thing everyone should do during their time at UConn?<\/strong> Pierce reflects on her time at UConn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":228010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-227556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-quote"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 23:04:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227556"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229603,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227556\/revisions\/229603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/228010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227556"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=227556"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=227556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI chose UConn because when I toured the campus, I had never felt more excited to be somewhere. I grew up in a small town in Massachusetts, and I loved how big the campus felt. I knew that UConn was the place for me when I got my acceptance notice and was jumping up and down with joy.<\/p>\n
\nI am a nursing major, and I realized that this was my calling during high school. I had the opportunity to go to a technical high school and was able to learn about nursing, and I knew that helping others was for me.<\/p>\n
\nAll the teachers in the School of Nursing are amazing; however, my favorite class is Medsurg with Dawn Sarage. This class showed me my passion for Medsurg nursing, and it stemmed from an amazing and enthusiastic teacher.<\/p>\n
\nDuring my four years, I was able to be a large part of the mentoring community at UConn! My sophomore year, I started with UConn First-Year Experience to help teach and support first-year nursing students in their transition to college. I then continued my mentoring lifestyle with The Major Experience and UConn ACES, where I help underclassmen find their passion in the School of Nursing. I am also involved in many volunteer opportunities through the School of Nursing.<\/p>\n
\nDuring my time at UConn, I found my passion in Medsurg nursing, although it is not everyone\u2019s favorite specialty. I plan on moving back to Massachusetts with my goal of working at Mass General Hospital in Boston.<\/p>\n
\nRemember to live your life! The exam is important, but you are as well.<\/p>\n
\nGo sledding on Horsebarn Hill!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"