So I'm transfering to the Y and I'm hoping to get the scholarship that I was rewarded last year back, or even more hopefully (me go college to) get an even better one. Katie who is basically my best friend ever is going to read these essays and let me know what she thinks. If you are not katie, do not feel obligated to read these. if you are katie, you don't need to either , but you are amazing so you will and I love you!
Brigham Young University Scholarship Committee,
If you would have told me a year ago that I would be going to the University of Utah my freshman year of college – or ever – I probably would have laughed at you. Now after going against my “true blue” family and running with the Utes, I’ve learned that everything has its good qualities.
The circumstances of why I ended up at the University of Utah are complicated, but put simply – the Lord is a better planner than me so it’s better to follow him in the light instead of trying to find my way through the dark. I know that I was to stay at home to be a missionary, to help my mom, and to ultimately make me a better person and prepare me for life.
As my friends are getting called to exotic places to speak a Babel of different languages, I am teaching the same gospel of Jesus Christ here at home. I have been teaching everyone around me the gospel of Jesus Christ – non-member, inactive-member, and member alike. I am being the best missionary I can be first through being an example. I am living up to the name I accepted as I was baptized. I’ve grown to know that Matthew 6:21 is true when it says “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” My heart it devoted to Christ, his teachings, and his church. It is something that comes up with my peers on a daily basis because I’ve learned that it is what has made me who I am. I tell others about the Church when I tell them about my weekend. I tell others about Christ’s teaching when they ask me my opinion. I share my testimony about the Book of Mormon when I set my Book of Mormon on the seat next to me on Trax to hopefully start up a conversation. I do the Lord’s work as I go to the temple for baptisms every Friday. Even if I don’t end up baptizing any of my new friends this year or bring others back into the church (which hopefully will happen!), I am being the best missionary I can be by being an example.
I know a huge reason why I was to stay at home this year was for my mom. There are intimate details which I won’t get into, but with all of her kids now married and her only other daughter moving to Washington D.C. this year, I just know she would’ve had a hard time without me staying at home. I’ve grown closer to my parents than I’ve ever been and have learned to show my appreciation through a trick I learned in one of John Bytheway’s talks – I write them thank you notes and stick them on their bedroom door at night. This is just one of the many ways I’ve grown closer to my parents, especially my mom, and I am blessed to have been able to spend another year with them.
The University of Utah has made me a better person and I have tried to make it a better place. I have learned a lot of patience and understanding being surrounded by vocal students who don’t agree with my beliefs. Many times during class (where I know I wasn’t the only LDS student) I have had to stand up for my beliefs and clarify different ideas others have about the church. This has been a huge growing experience for me and I’m grateful I was able to have it. Because I am being made a stronger person at the U, I’m trying to help the U become a better place too. Most of this is being done through the institute – my home away from home. I am enrolled in 5 classes (Book of Mormon 2, New Testament 1, Choir, Freshman Committee, and Fireside Committee) and am also in a sorority so I basically live there. I have learned so much through my teachers and leaders there, that even though I’m trying to give back all that I can I will never be able to repay them all.
As you’re awarding scholarships this year, I felt I should mention I am putting myself through school.
I’m so grateful for my experience at the University of Utah, but I’m ready to trade in my feathers for some fur.
See you next year!
Stacey Marie Hansen
Please write a brief biographical sketch about yourself.
If someone else was writing my biography, they could write of the awards I’ve won, the leaderships positions I’ve held, and the hours of service I’ve given to everyone around me.
This is not a biography, but an autobiography.
My mom used to call me a “walking resume” because I’d accomplished a lot of things and if you knew me, you knew about those accomplishments; however, now I’ve finally learned something I’ve always known, but never truly understood – no one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.
Starting the first day of the Junior Miss State Scholarship Program, I dedicated my life to others. I wasn’t in it to win it – I was in it to help others a long the way. I wrote thank you cards and notes of encouragement to everyone in the program; I listened to how amazing the other girls were instead of telling them about my accomplishments; I congratulated them on their achievements and thanked them for being an example to me, being proud of them instead of making myself look better than them. I learned what it was like to really love others.
I think the other girls could tell how much I truly loved them and they showed their appreciation when they voted me the “Miss Congeniality” – the first of three times I won that award that year.
This one week set the precedent for the rest of my life. I’m never in anything for myself; I’m always there to help others along the way, especially in our most important journey - the journey back to our Heavenly Father
Now my whole goal is to help others along the way, and it helps me too because it’s impossible to help others become closer to God without getting closer to Him yourself.
Please describe your educational, professional, and other goals. Describe how BYU
will help you achieve them.
I had the best job in the world. I worked in a salon for girls 14 and younger called “Sweet and Sassy.” During the Summer, if you asked me what I was doing that day I would reply “I have work today!” and not in that bored or dreaded tone, but an enthusiastic one. Every day I got to do girl’s nails, make up, and my favorite – hair. Sweet and Sassy was my dream job.
Then on September 13, 2008 my dream business became nightmarishly bankrupt. I never received a call, text, or even an e-mail from my boss. A text from my coworker telling me the business had been shut down and she would miss me was the only indication I received of the failure. I was crushed.
I feel like the business was closed down because of poor management. Those running the salon were nice girls, but they weren’t educated as well as they should have been to run a serious business. This is why when I open my own Sweet and Sassy, I will do it with the knowledge, background, and degree in business at Brigham Young University.
Even though I’ll be working with hair and nails, I must learn how to work with numbers and balance sheets too.
Please list and/or describe your participation and leadership in extracurricular activities, including performance groups, athletics, cultural
Service
• Make a Wish Foundation, 2005-2008
• Big Brother Big Sister, 2006-2007
• Volunteer Taught at Clayton Productions, Summer 2006
• Raised $600 for a Sub-for-Santa, Christmas 2004
• Locks of Love, 2005
• Interact Club, 2006-2008
• Key Club, 2006-2008
• Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, 2007-2008
• Renaissance Club, 2006-2008
• Art With Heart, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• Capitol Ambassador, 2008
• Helped with Church Meetings at Murray Care Center, 2002-2008
• Service through my Young Women group in my ward, 2002-2008
Leadership
• Institute Freshman Committee, 2009
• Institute Fireside Committee, 2009
• Student Body President of Hillcrest Jr. High, 2005-2006
• Senior Class Vice President, 2007-2008
• Head Captain of Drill Team, 2007-2008
• Captain of Drill Team, 2006-2007
• Drill Team Member, 2005-2006
• Captain of dance team at The Winner School, 2004-2005
• Building Coordinator for my ward house, 2009
• Beehive President 2003-2004,
• Mia Maid Counselor, 2005-2006,
• Laurel Counselor, 2007-2008
• Kiwanis Freedom Leadership Award, 2005
• Senior Representative for Renaissance Club
• Interact Club Historian, 2006-2007; Secretary, 2007-2008
• Homecoming Royalty, 2007
• Senior Ball Princess, 2008
• Seventh Grade Vice President, 2002-2003
Academic Achievements
• 4.0 at University of Utah, 2008
• Dean’s List, University of Utah, 2008
• 4.0 Cumulative GPA, 7th - 12th grades
• 29 Composite ACT score, September 2007
• Top Ten Student at Murray High, 2008
• All Region Academic Award, 2006, 2007
• All State Academic Award, 2008
• National Honors Society, 2007-2008
• Honor Roll, 7th - 12th grades
• 1st in Class Ranking, 7th -12th grades
• Recognition Award, 2005
• President's Education Award, 2005
Honors and Awards
• Young Womanhood Recognition Award, 2004
• Top Outstanding Service Award, 2009
• Above and Beyond Award, Make A Wish Foundation, 2008
• Miss Congeniality, Miss Murray, 2008
• Miss Congeniality, Miss Castle Valley, 2008
• Utah’s Spirit of Junior Miss, 2008
• Junior Miss “has been” Motivational Speaker, 2008-2009
• Junior Miss Northern Utah, 2008
• 1st attendant, Miss Murray, 2008
• Miss Photogenic, Miss Murray, 2008
• All-State Drill Team, 2008
• Soroptimist International Violet Richardson - Volunteer Community Service Award, 2008
• President’s Volunteer Service Award, 2008
• Top 25 Corps Basic Dance Training Drill Camp, 2006, 2007
• Choreographed 1st Place Captains Routine, 2006-2007
• National Hip Hop Champion, 2008
• National Military Champion, 2007
• Dancer of the Year at The Winner School, 2005
• Hardest Worker of Drill Team, 2006
• Hip Hop Scholarship at NUVO Dance Convention, 2008
• Jazz Scholarship at Jump Dance Convention, 2005
• Most Excited Award, 2005
Athletic and Other Involvement
• Institute Choir, 2009
• Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert Dancer, 2008
• Day of Celebration Dancer, 2005
• Sweet and Sassy “Glittery Glam Girl” and Receptionist, 2008
• Wasatch Revolution Dance Team, 2009
• Teaching Dance, Clayton Productions, 2008-2009
• Dream Company, Clayton Productions, 2009
• Drill Team, Member 2006, Captain 2007, Head Captain 2008
• The Winner School, Company Prep 2005 Senior Elite 2006, 2007, Senior Company 2008, Taking classes 2009
• Utah’s Junior Miss Scholarship State Program, 2008
• A Capella Choir, 2007-2008
• War and Stake Choir, 2004-2009
• Miss Murray Scholarship Program. 2007, 2008
• Hunt's Gymnastics, 2006-2008
• Clayton Productions, 1995-2005
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