• High School: Harrison High School
• Major: Commerce: Sales Management
• Clubs and Organizations: Athletic department assistant (worked shot clock for basketball games), Member of CCP program.

Major Awards and Accomplishments:

I will graduate a year early because I participated in the CCP program and had over a full year's worth of credit hours before I officially graduated from high school. I also got a full-time sales/marketing internship at Enerfab. I have also made the dean's list 6 semesters throughout my career at Miami.  

Out of all the universities you looked at, what made you ultimately choose Miami?

Because the tuition was very affordable, both my parents are alumni, and I enjoyed my time at Miami as a CCP student. 

How did you choose your major(s)? Were you decided from the beginning, or did you discover your interests here along the way?

Sales has always been an interesting field to me, and I enjoy building connections with people — plus the skillset gained from studying sales is universal and applies to almost every other field. 

Tell us about any special experiential learning opportunities that have influenced you in a positive way.

During my experience at Miami, I spent most of my free time outdoors. Because of the online and flexible schedule, I was able to spend almost all daylight hours outdoors doing what I enjoy (fishing, hiking, golf, etc). Recently this semester, I was able to get a full time internship at Enerfab while I finish up 3 more classes until I graduate. 

As a Miami student, what are some of your awards and accomplishments? 

Through my experience at Miami, I have learned what it takes to step up and take initiative in group work. I always try to coordinate the team and be the best communicator during group work. 

What are your plans for after you graduate from Miami? What sort of career are you aiming for? What is your dream job?

After I graduate, I would like to continue working at Enerfab, in either a sales or marketing position. Ideally, I'd end up in a job that allows for me to still enjoy the outdoors as much as I currently do. 

If you had an opportunity to talk to a student considering coming to Miami, what would you tell them?

College isn't always about the parties or nightlife. I chose [Miami Regionals] because it was an amazing financial decision and I don't regret it one bit. [Miami Regionals] students are more genuine than most other people I interact with. Because of that, I was able to make great friends during my experience. 

Is there anything else you'd like to share about your Miami experience that we didn't cover? 

I'd love to give a personal shoutout to Professor Hambrick, Professor Reindl-Johnson, and Professor Bailey for all going above and beyond as a professor. They have truly set me up for future success. 

Tech Writing, ENG 313

Professor Hambrick exposed me to so many new concepts as a student, but more importantly as a communicator. Throughout the class, I learned many strategies authors/publishers can use to get their message across properly to viewers. Topics like proper visual hierarchy, color-coding, UX (user experience) testing, and resume formatting have all stuck with me and proved to be extremely useful in the real world. I submitted the exact resume I made for a final project in class (which professor Hambrick helped extensively with) for consideration for a promotion at my prior job and ended up getting it. Additionally, when I remade my new resume, I used the same information I learned in class to make it great. Finally, during my first week at Enerfab, tech writing concepts were EVERYWHERE, and I was picking up all the reminders from ENG 313. Because of my classroom experience with professor Hambrick, I was able to format and clean up 21 presentations for an upcoming leadership summit for supervisors at Enerfab in under two weeks and received the feedback that the presentations have never been as good in prior years. HUGE THANK you professor Hambrick!

Computer-Based Analytics, CMR 282

Professor Reindl-Johnson taught one of my first ever online classes, and it was safe to say I was super nervous about it. Coming into CMR 282, I had basically no experience with Excel, but I was willing to challenge myself and learn. Throughout the duration of the course, professor Reindl-Johnson was amazing with communication and was always super quick to help with any technical issues encountered working with Excel. This class challenged me so much as a learner, and I often found myself sitting down for hours at a time with music playing while watching the provided Excel tutorials and working through the assignments (which were set up extremely well for me to learn from). Coursework was carefully planned and assigned to me in a way that helped me learn concepts in a manageable way, instead of being overwhelmed. I was able to quickly take concepts learned from class to set up a budgeting spreadsheet for myself to help track expenses vs income and other cool metrics. Today at Enerfab, a salesman came to me and asked if I could put together a short slide show based on some research topics for him to present. I said yes and started my research - but was caught by surprise when I opened excel sheets from energy tracking websites that had 60,000 rows and 15 columns. Using my skills learned from professor Reindl-Johnson's class, I was able to create pivot charts and format the large data sheets into much prettier graphs for presentation. HUGE THANK YOU professor Reindl-Johnson!

Intro to the Criminal Justice System, CJS 101

I met professor Bailey at a Miami Hamilton fair and quickly struck up a conversation with him about many different things. The conversation ranged from favorite movie talk, to talking about his class, CJS 101. I remember telling professor Bailey that I was a business major, so taking his class wouldn't make much sense to me. He responded back with "You are a citizen, right?" I answered back "yes" and he said, "Then knowledge of the CJS applies to you". After asking him how much homework is assigned throughout the semester, I was convinced and signed up for the class. During my time in class, I learned so many things that were completely new to me, which is crazy because as a US citizen I should have been more informed than I was walking into that class. Professor Bailey always had good music playing, and we found similar interest in the song "Adventure of a Lifetime" by Coldplay. We toured multiple jails and watched court hearings throughout the duration of class. I was also able to learn important concepts, like the difference between grand jury and petit jury. Overall, concepts learned in professor Bailey's class prepared me extremely well for my own encounter with the legal system, as a witness/victim to a crime. I've testified twice in grand jury and just got the phone call today that the defendant has taken a plea deal to a felony (so hopefully my involvement in the case is over). Had I not taken professor Bailey's class, I'd be completely clueless in what different legal terminology meant, and a less useful participant in the legal system. HUGE THANK YOU professor Bailey!