Jerrad Havemann

Hi, I'm Jerrad and I'm from Gulf Breeze, Florida. I'm a Junior studying Mechanical Engineering and my two ultimate goals in life is to design rides for theme parks and explore the libraries of the world. I love reading, writing, drawing, and binge watching cooking competition shows.

When I'm asked to describe myself I always struggled, but this is me. I've always been a fringe person, someone on the outside, a watcher, but I now realize that it's helped to shape me into the person I love being and I now fully embrace the quiet, geeky, slightly awkward guy I am.

I spent 2 weeks in Greece with Honors learning about the country's history and how mythology impacted the development of the country. By far my best experience with the program.

I may not look it at first but I'm an adrenaline junkie at heart. I've crossed hang gliding, cliff diving, ziplining, and skydiving off the list. Hoping to add unaided frefall at some point in the near future.

I've performed in three shows - "And Then There Were None", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and "45 Seconds From Broadway" - and have served as Technical Director for five shows - "Footloose", "Songs For A New World", The Addams Family Musical", "Next To Normal", and "Mary Poppins".

I enjoy being artistic, but I have been able to explore it as much as I would like to. These were all a part of my senior portfolio for Technical Theatre in high school.

When I first moved to the Pensacola areas 5 years ago, one of the first places I visited was the Pensacola MESS Hall, a nonprofit that teaches kids about Math, Science, Engineering, and Stuff. I now give back to the community by volunteering at the MESS Hall regularly.

I am a member of both the Kugelman Honors Program, having served as Social Chair, a mentor, and an OWL, as well as the UWF chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. I'm also one of the founding members of UWF's Solar Car competition team.

I spent 2-1/2 week’s in London, Paris, and Normandy studying WWII, Oscar Wilde, and the shifting trends of the time period with Dr. Tomso, our current Honors Program Director