Sarah Flanagan
Academic Advisor
Scholars Program
OU Honors College
Sarah's Coaching Mindset: "I believe that coaching is helping others unlock their own potential so that they can achieve their goals."
Higher Education Background:
- Bachelor's-Music, Northwestern University.
- Master's- Music, Manhattan School of Music.
- Graduate Diploma of Music, Griffith University- Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Australia.
Interests and Hobbies:
- Spending time with my family and friends.
- Traveling.
- Cooking.
- Reading.
- Crafting.
Top Life Defining Moments in Higher Education:
- Choosing to go to college out-of-state meant that I experienced crippling homesickness throughout my first year, and I had to work through a lot of extreme self-doubt and insecurity during that time.
- Having the opportunity to study and live in a country other than the United States changed my life forever -- the experience of being truly "on my own" on a different continent without my support network required me to grow up a lot and consolidate my life skills fast!
- I realized that the skills and knowledge I gained in my many years invested in studying music were translatable into so many other professional fields outside of the arts.
While in college, I experienced:
- Balancing work and school.
- Not having a sense of belonging.
- Financial stress.
- Lack of a positive support network.
- Homesickness.
- Being a part of a Greek organization.
- Academic motivation challenges.
- Overcoming daily challenges through resiliency.
