William Medcalf

Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics

Financial Planning student continues family legacy of attending UGA

What school did you transfer from?: University of North Georgia
Why did you decide to transfer to UGA?: UGA was always my dream school. My family is a UGA family and when I first went to college I knew I was going to transfer to UGA.
What is your major?: Financial Planning
What activities or student organizations do you participate in?: Student Financial Planning Association (SFPA) and Reformed University Fellowship (RUF)
What do you like about FACS?: FACS is great because the class sizes are smaller so you can really get to know your faculty in your major, its easily my favorite thing about being a FACS major.
Is there a faculty or staff person who has been particularly helpful during your transfer journey?: Dr. Michael Thomas in the Financial Planning Program. Dr. Thomas helped me decide to change my major after taking his Personal Finance class as an elective. I might not be in FACS had it not been for Dr. Thomas!
What has your favorite UGA and/or FACS experience been?: UGA has been very good to me, I met my fiancé here and experiencing the National Championship win were huge life events for me that happened because of UGA.