New freshmen, transfer students begin in school year’s second semester

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Chelsea Botsford wasn’t quite ready to hit the college books after graduating from high school.

The Perry freshman spent a semester working before starting classes at CMU.

“I just wanted to wait, save up some money, work in my hometown,” she said.

In spite of the advantages, Botsford is a little nervous about moving into a residence hall halfway through the year. Tim Nessan, her stepfather, said he and his wife were having the same pre-college jitters as Botsford.

One thing that made them comfortable with their daughter starting at CMU was proximity, as the Nessan’s live in Midland. This, and the reputation of CMU’s education program, were factors in Botsford’s decision.

“(I’m looking forward to) taking art classes and just meeting new people,” she said.

The reputation of CMU’s education program also drew Corey Cochrane, a transfer student from the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

He is looking forward to getting more involved on campus. He worked 40 hours and only took two days of classes at U-M Dearborn.

“I’d been wanting to get out of (U-M Dearborn) since I started there and decided if I didn’t do it this semester I wasn’t going to do it,” he said.

He isn’t nervous about moving into an established room with set patterns.

One of his roommates, Stuart Bowerman, was not very worried about the addition either.

“We haven’t (had someone new move in) ever,” the Lansing junior said. “My last roommate was never around.”

Saginaw senior Jessica Bosserdet also is welcoming someone new to her room for the second year in a row.

She said she was optimistic about her new roommate, Battle Creek freshman Morgan Wilson. She said it isn’t very different from moving in at the beginning of the school year.

“You don’t have as long to get to know them,” Bosserdet said, “but it’s easy to adapt because you are kind of starting over anyway.”

Wilson finished her general education classes at a community college, but is looking forward to the college experience at CMU.

“I was taking (general education classes), so it’s been nothing I’ve really been interested in,” she said. “But now that I’m at CMU, I will be and I’m interested to see where that takes me.”