Please meet Freshman Paige Nihart

 Meet Paige Nihart.

 Paige is a Freshman. "I am majoring in chemistry and I plan on becoming a chemical engineer with a minor in education. I have been dancing for about 9 years now and I love it everyday. I danced at my studio 10 hours a week in all styles of dance. I was also on the Ridgevue high school dance team."

Paige says if she could go back a few years, she would enjoy the little things in life more. "I was always busy and doing a million different things that I never had time to stop and enjoy the little things."

Well being a YOTE was a great decision, but she can’t say that her best decision was getting a short haircut when she was 9 and her hair went to her ears, "it was the worst decision of my life!" She laughed.

Paige loves the community here at The College of Idaho. "Everyone is so accepting and kind that I feel apart of something bigger. I have made great friends and have done amazing things."

And her favorite Disney character would be stitch. "I think he is the best Disney character because he is so relatable. I wouldn’t want to trade places with him."

Paige is more confident in herself, especially when meeting new people. "Everyone is so accepting here that I have been able to step outside my comfort zone."

Her biggest infulencer would be Professor Thurston, her chemistry professor. "I was nervous coming into college that I wouldn’t be good or like chemistry as much as I did in high school. His teaching reminded me how much I like chemistry. He is also willing to sit down with me and help me figure out how to become a chemical engineer."

Other great influencers in her world would be her former dance academy. "I want to thank my dance studio so much for helping me become a great dancer and person. I wouldn’t be how I am today without all of my teachers pushing me. They helped me through so many ups and downs. I am proud that ones I was a Canyon Dance Academy Dancer"

Her guilty pleasure that has helped her through college is the TV Show "Friends."

Paige added, "One last thing, enjoy your senior year with your friends and family, because in college you don’t see them as much."