Nelson Jones
Major: Economics and a minor in Spanish
Hometown: High Point, NC
Year: Sophomore
What is your favorite part about NC State?
My favorite part about state is going to the football games. My favorite NCSU tradition is tailgating.
What is your biggest hobby?
My biggest hobby is whitewater kayaking. I’ve been doing it for about 6 years and have been to Chile, Canada, and all over the Southeast in the United States.
What is your favorite thing to do on a Monday night?
My favorite thing to do on a Monday night is doing homework because I’m such a diligent and successful student.
Where is your favorite place to vacation?
My favorite place to vacation is anywhere where there’s a river to kayak. If i could be anywhere in this moment, I’d be back in Chile kayaking. I’m considering taking next semester off to go back to Chile with some of my kayaking friends to paddle.
What’s the most romantic thing you’ve ever done?
I was in Chile and couldn’t be there on Valentine’s Day, so I had flowers delivered to a girl’s dorm.
Do you have a favorite quote?
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods;
There is a rapture on the lonely shore;
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar;
I love not man the less, but Nature more…
– Lord Byron
What does being named NCSU’s Campus Cutie mean to you?
Being named campus cutie means so much. I’ll walk the campus with so much more confidence.
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at NCSU chapter.