Meet France Tracy!

I’m a sophomore in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, and I’m from Fort Thomas, Kentucky, right next to Cincinnati. I love taking adventure runs through Lexington, and visiting the Lexington Humane Society regularly because I miss my pets at home!

I chose the University of Kentucky because of the strong sense of community I felt here. I was invited to Merit Weekend, a weekend where high school seniors can schedule their freshman classes early. I spent the weekend with some friends I had from the Governor’s Scholars Program the previous summer, and we had a blast together, meeting more potential students and running around Lexington!

I work as an Undergraduate Assistant for the Mathematics Department, which includes being a UA for a math lecture as well as a few hours in the MathSkeller, a tutoring service in the basement of Whitehall. I am currently in my second semester of working for the Mathematics Department. I really enjoy it and plan on working there during the rest of my undergrad at UK!

Working in the MathSkeller especially has prepared me for my future career. I believe that being able to communicate your knowledge is important in the professional field, whether it be to someone who has no background on the subject, or someone that you work alongside.

The professor that I am an undergraduate assistant for this semester discussed with me the expectations she had for the class before the semester began. She believed that the students should print off a worksheet needed for each lecture, but I suggested that it might be easier on the student to have them access the worksheet through Canvas, to save paper, and save the students money from having to print. This semester, the professor began using the Canvas method for the worksheets!