Hello, my name is Brian Hartmann and I’m a freshman here at SBU.  I am currently pursuing a major in Electrical Engineering. I grew up in Islip Terrace and graduated from East Islip High School, which is only about 30 minutes away. I’m a resident on campus in Mendelsohn Quad with a few of my friends from back home. My hobbies are playing on the Stony Brook Roller Hockey team, playing the electric guitar, longboarding, and, of course, video games. I work off-campus at a shop in Ronkonkoma, where I build heavy-duty flashlights.

So far my stay at Stony has been great, and I’m really enjoying it. The most exciting thing on campus for me is playing Roller Hockey.  On the team, we get to do a bit of traveling and play against other colleges. The only downside is that practices are Tuesdays and Wednesdays at midnight, and I have an 8 a.m. class Wednesday mornings.  We have a division 2 and division 4 team, and being a freshman I’m stuck on division 4, but playing is fun and being the leading goal scorer is funny in my opinion.

So far I would say my workload for my engineering major has been tough but manageable so far. Physics is one of the hardest subjects in my opinion, and I’ve been taking many physics courses over these past years. I would say that writing is my weakest area, and taking writing 102 this semester will be a challenge. Hopefully, I’ll be able to do well in all my classes this semester, and eventually graduate in four years.