First Blog Post

 HEYY! My name is Kate Odgers and I am from Lawrence, KS but I chose to go to the superior Kansas school #gocats. I am a human health biology Pre-PA major and hope to go to a PA school next year in a place a little colder than Kansas, but would be happy to just get into school anywhere. 

I have always been passionate about my own fitness but through my own journey with sports and fitness I have fell in love with showing other people how they can do little things to improve their health and make it fun. Showing people you do not have to have a killer 2 hour run to get the benefits of exercise, or go on a super restrictive diet to improve the way you eat and feel about your body. 


I am going to be honest I am not super interested in evolution but I can definitely appreciate the science around it and can see how someone could become super into it. I mean maybe after this class I will be! Never say never. Healthcare is what drew me into biology but through courses I have taken here at     K-State I can say I am definitely a little bit of a bio nerd. It is crazy how something so small at a cellular level can create such a large impact on a whole organism or even an environment as a whole. It is even more fascinating how people have been able to figure all this stuff out. Smart people like that amaze me. As far as evolution goes it is present in everything around us in our daily lives. From what we eat, the environment around us and even how we as humans operate or are affected by different viruses and bacteria. 

From this class I hope to be able to connect with other students through discussions and just learn and understand others perspectives on evolution and all our discussions. Hopefully this class will be able to help me to continue to connect to the previous knowledge I have learned through my courses and continue to explore the world of bio. 


Comments

  1. LibbyAugust 30, 2021 at 12:21 PM

    Hi Kate! I love your approach to fitness, and I think realizing that exercise and diet don't need to be all-or-nothing extremes is so important and something that has helped me too.

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  2. Emmary's Blog: EvolutionAugust 30, 2021 at 6:23 PM

    Hi Kate! I am glad you chose the superior Kansas school :) I am also a little bit of a bio nerd! What would you say has been your favorite bio class here at k state that you haven taken thus far?

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    1. Kate OSeptember 1, 2021 at 1:55 PM

      Definitely Organismic Biology!! While human health is my #1 interest I was amazed about how much I truly liked learning about all these other life forms, especially fungi (oddly enough). If you have not taken that class I definitely recommend, as the lab is super fun too! I am also in a Human Diseases class this semester and so far I really love it! Dr. Shames is great!

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  3. TravisSeptember 3, 2021 at 11:06 AM

    Hey Kate! I was wondering what colder places you are currently interested in for PA school? Also, what would you say are your go to workouts or meals when killing a workout?

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