As an 18 year-old from Iowa, I came into my first year at the University of Dayton without any friends or any direction. I walked onto the varsity tennis team and immediately met a great group of guys. My first year consisted of three activities: schoolwork, tennis, and my new fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon. The middle of my sophomore year I stopped playing tennis with the mindset of becoming more involved in other activities UD has to offer. I joined the newly created UD Triathlon Club, served the class of 2010 as the Junior Senator, and became more involved in Sigma Phi Epsilon as the VP of Finance. Through these activities, I was able to develop some great relationships and experience a different type of learning.
As an upperclassman, my focus shifted toward getting the most out of the opportunities within my majors, Entrepreneurship and Finance. I have been able to experience and perhaps contribute to the growth of the Crotty Center for Entrepreneurship through participating in the Junior Entrepreneur Mentor program, the Everest Real Estate Challenge, and the UD Business Plan Competition. After applying and being turned away from the Davis Center for Portfolio Management three times, I was fortunate enough to join the Flyer Investments team my senior year. In the midst of the largest economic recession since the Great Depression, it was an exciting period as our team allocated an additional $1 million of the University of Dayton’s endowment.
All of these experiences have molded me into who I am today. I will take all I have gleaned from UD with me as I begin my career as a Commercial Associate with Fifth Third Bank on July 12th, 2010.
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