HPU’s newest cohort of students represents a wide variety of academic achievement, service, backgrounds, cultures and geographic locations. Yaa Ofori is one member of the Class of 2020. Below, discover how she plans to take advantage of everything HPU has to offer:
Name: Yaa Ofori
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
High school attended: Chapel Hill High School in Douglasville, Georgia
Accomplishments: Ofori frequently volunteers at her local food pantry and a children’s hospital in Atlanta. During her senior year of high school, Ofori completed a practicum in two local elementary schools where she assisted teachers and tutored students who were behind on their school work. She teaches Sunday school at her church. She received the Superintendent Scholar Award, was student of the year for Early Childhood Education in high school, and is a Nora McDonald Scholar, Drake Davis Scholar and Gates Millennium Scholar.
Ofori’s first name (Yaa) means a female born on Thursday. The name originates from Ghana. In the Ghanaian culture, first names are given according to the day a person was born. She also speaks Twi, a Ghanaian language.
Major: Exercise Science
Why you chose HPU: “I chose to attend HPU because of the holistic learning environment. I also admire how HPU focuses on teaching students important life skills that will allow each person to become effective within their careers and community. As I began to learn more and more about the HPU, I realized that everything about it matched my personal and academic interests From the small class sizes to the programs and opportunities HPU offers, I can’t wait to begin this journey. I know it will be an extraordinary one!”
What you’re looking forward to at HPU: “I look forward to becoming a leader on campus and being a part of improving HPU in diverse ways. I believe that becoming a student comes with many responsibilities, one of which is being on top of my academic responsibilities and making an effort to contribute to campus life in general. I also look forward to building strong personal relationships with my peers, mentors, professors, faculty and staff that come my way. I believe in learning from one another and that can be accomplished when genuine connections with others are established.”