Crawford Times - Summer Edition 2020 (2)

ALUMNI FEATURE
Tofe Olagoke
CRAWFORD COLLEGE PRETORIA (2015)
This beautiful South African-born Nigerian is currently
a 4th-year medical student at the University of Pretoria.
Outside of her studies she loves dancing and pageantry.
For the rest of the evening, I take
care of any other responsibilities
that I may have, be it House
Committee duties or Miss Regal
International responsibilities, and
then I get to my second favourite
part of my day – sleeping.
University has really made me
value sleep!
You won Miss Regal International
last year! Wow, congratulations!
What does this mean to you, and
what does this title mean?
2019 was actually the best year
of my life because I made the
decision to be fearless and brave
in the things that excited my inner
being and that set my soul on
fire. Being crowned Miss Regal
International South Africa 2019
opened so many doors for me.
The title meant so much to me
because of the power it holds – it
was powerful in the sense that it
gave me a platform to advocate
for any issue/situation that I
deemed important in our current
society on a larger scale.
What does a typical day in the
life of Tofe look like?
Waking up at 6am, praying,
going for my routinely daily run
with my accountability friend,
coming back, hosting my very
own 10-minute concert-like show
in my room where I pretend to be
Beyonce singing and dancing
to my favourite songs and being
my own audience. This really
gets me excited and helps me
start my day on a positive note.
I then head to hospital, where
we do our clinical rotations
with patients and gain clinical
experience and knowledge. This
is one of the favourite parts of my
day, as taxing as this is, as I really
enjoy listening to the challenges
that patients are facing in their
own individual lives. Apart from
training to be able to solve the
clinical issues faced by these
patients, I believe that listening
is a very important skill. Listening
to others has personally helped
me broaden my knowledge on
things I was not always aware of
and it also gives me a different
perspective on ideas, world issues,
and situations. After heading
back from rotations at around
noon, I eat and start off with the
day’s lectures until about 7pm.
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