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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Berry chapter.

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Name: Shadae (SHUH-day) Williams

Graduation Year: 2018

Hometown: Kennesaw, GA

Major: environmental science (geoscience concentration) with a journalism minor

Activities: Berry Womenā€™s Lacrosse. Nothing else.

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When was the exact moment you knew that Berry was right for you?

ā€œThis is a hard question. It wasnā€™t when I got accepted, actually. And it wasnā€™t SOAR (orientation), or my first visit or any of that. I think it was when I got here for my work training at D-hall a week before school started. It was easier than I thought to make friends. You hear all those stories about how youā€™re going to be alone for like a month..and thatā€™s just not how it happened. So, itā€™s lit.

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What do you most enjoy about Berry?

ā€œConsidering Iā€™m awkward, I like how there arenā€™t too many people here. So, Iā€™m not overwhelmed. I also like how itā€™s not a campus thatā€™s too small. I feel like thereā€™s still more to be seen, even though thereā€™s not a lot of people here.ā€

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I know you were originally a Dual-Degree Engineering major, what made you change your mind?

ā€œWell I just really like having my hair and sanity in tact, so I was like ā€˜Hey, letā€™s not do this anymore.ā€™ Also, I had a concussion while I was taking calc 2. Honestly, I attribute more of me not knowing what was ever going on in the class. My concussion probably didnā€™t have anything to do with me almost failing. I was not about to take physics, so I thought I wanted to be an environmental engineer. I just know there are so many other things that I can do in the environmental field that switching my major wasnā€™t a loss for me.ā€

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You mentioned having a concussion, how did that happen?

ā€œI was playing lacrosse, and it was around the time that we basically had a blizzard last year, so we were doing indoor practice. We were just doing passing drills, and one of my teammates threw the ball at the back of my head. It was lit to say the least, and by that, I mean not lit at all. I spent basically a month staring at a wall in the dark and couldnā€™t play for that amount of time. Oh, what was really cool was I was out during Spring Break, too. For Spring Break my team and I went to DisneyWorld, and I couldnā€™t ride any of the rides, so I was basically a mom-chaperone. That was cool.

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Tell me a little about lacrosse here at Berry:

ā€œItā€™s really challenging. Both physically and mentally. But I can honestly say I have definitely learned so much, not only about the sport but about myself. I love that I get to be a part of the experience.ā€

What do you do in your daily five minutes of free time?

ā€œI donā€™t know if youā€™ve heard of LifeReady, but Laura Elmer has me lit. We have a schedule where my naps are built in. During this time, I like to act like Iā€™m napping and scroll through Instagram or watch Netflix: Always Sunny in Philadelphia is up there. Or Iā€™ll just eat some chips and hummus.ā€

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Where is your favorite study spot?

ā€œDefinitely not the library. I learned that the hard way last year. Last semester, though, I got a lot of work done in my friendā€™s room. This semester Iā€™ve been studying more in my room on my bed, which is a challenge because it makes me just want to sleep. I donā€™t know what Iā€™m doing, honestly.ā€

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Whatā€™s your favorite part of campus?

ā€œI really like Macallister, I guess because Iā€™m in there all the time. I feel like itā€™s a unique building. Obviously, the pendulum is my favorite part. Iā€™m pretty sure I have vertigo, but I love the spiral of stairs, even though it makes me dizzy looking at it. I also love just being in my own room more than anything. I love my bed and my tapestry of the desert. My color scheme is very earthy, like everything in my life, my wardrobe, all of it. Thereā€™s a lot of earth tones.ā€

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Tell me a little about your family:

ā€œMy parents are both from Westmoreland, Jamaica. Funny story: My mom knew my dadā€™s family before she even knew my dad. She didnā€™t meet him until they came to America. They came to America for better opportunities, the whole nine yards. My sister, Shakira, and I are basically the same person. Sheā€™s hilarious, and sheā€™s really good at doing makeup. Sheā€™s one of the main reasons that I love makeup so much, too. Sheā€™s my role model.ā€

Annabeth Sadler is the campus correspondent for the Berry College chapter of Her Campus. She is a junior majoring in communication with a concentration in public relations. Annabeth is from Valdosta, Ga. and graduated from Valdosta High School. She adamantly wanted to be a spy when she was a little girl, but these days she's thinking that after graduation she would happily take a job working on the PR side of the publishing industry or a job with the Her Campus management team. Annabeth enjoys reading YA fiction, watching the same movies over and over again, following Ed Sheeran closely on social media, and avidly using song lyrics in her every day vernacular.