Utah Tech University’s Indigenous Student Organization held its first event of the semester, where attendees wrote letters to their future selves.
The event was held Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. in room 524 of the Science, Engineering, Technology Building. At the event, the club’s presidency provided craft materials for letters, such as stickers and markers. Originally, the club provided pasta from Olive Garden, then they had a bigger turnout than expected, so they also ordered pizzas.
Kiyarah Myron, a freshman pre-engineering major from St. George, is an ambassador of the Indigenous Student Organization and had the idea of writing letters to their future selves.
“I mostly got inspired by it because I felt like it’s always good to put expectations for yourself,” Myron said. “Once we get back the letters, they’ll be able to look back [and say] ‘I was at this point, but now I’m at this point,’ and just feel good about yourself and the progress that they have made.”
The ISO decided to have the letters be written to the writer’s end-of-semester self to see the personal progress the writer has made.
“I feel like as college students, we always have that pressure that we’re not doing enough,” Myron said. “So, I always like the idea of always being grateful for the journey and remembering why we started and where we are right now.”
Malia Delmar, a sophomore criminal justice major from Page, Arizona, is the president of the ISO this semester. Delmar thought this would be a great opening for the semester for people to learn more about the club and ease into the club with a relaxed event.
As a campus club, ISO hopes to build a community and increase education on Native American heritage for the rest of the semester.
“Community is a huge thing,” Delmar said. “Spreading knowledge on Native Americans and our heritage, and just learning new stuff.”
“I feel like we are very focused on educating more people about our Indigenous people,” Myron said. “I feel like that’s something that can always be taught. Of course, a lot of people aren’t educated, and we wish to educate and also embrace other cultures and allow them to come here and let them be educated and also feel more connected with us.”
Lily Leggat, a junior biochemistry-molecular biology major from South Jordan, is the Utah Tech Student Association’s vice president of clubs. As VP of clubs, Leggat is in charge of the club council. Leggat dropped by the event to write herself a letter.
“I think this club is just so great,” Leggat said. “I think any club where you can feel connected to people is so important, and I think any club can do that, but especially culture clubs.”
Leggat thought the event was a nice way for anyone to attend, eat some food, write a letter and build connections with other students.
To learn more about the Indigenous Student Organization and their upcoming events, their Instagram is indigenous.ut.
