It’s quite simple: in life the places you live and the people you know will inevitably change. You will change as an individual throughout the years, but how you develop and grow as a professional is up to you. That is when your own initiative and passion come into play. And that’s the biggest lesson I learned this summer.
Tell me about your educational path.
I started my undergraduate career as a Marine Biology major at Stockton College in New Jersey, then transferred to Stony Brook University as a Marine Vertebrate Biology major. While there, I found an opportunity …
Chris Bruno
Major(s): Resource Economics
Minor(s): Entrepreneurship and German
Class Standing: Junior
What interests you about your major?
I really liked economics and liked the applications used in Resource Economics. I was also interested in studying business and environmental fields …
Christine Butler
Major(s): Cognitive Science; Linguistics and Psychology
Class Standing: Senior
What interests you about your major?
I find my Cognitive Science major fascinating in the sense that it is a multidisciplinary degree involving psychology, linguistics, anthropology, computer science, …
Jaclyn Fisher
Major: Allied Health Sciences
Minor(s): Biology and Psychology
Class Standing: Senior
What interests you about your major?
I love how broad the Allied Health Sciences major is. I was able to tailor my undergraduate career to my interests; …
Samantha Podurgiel, PhD Student
Tell me about your educational path.
I entered UConn in 2006 as a psychology major. Spring semester of my sophomore year, I took a physiological psychology course and knew I wanted to focus on the …
Major: Marketing
Class Standing: Senior
What interests you about your major?
I chose Marketing as my major because I believed it could provide me with the skills and knowledge necessary to work in almost any industry for a broad spectrum …
Kathleen McHugh
Major: Allied Health Science
Minor: Psychology
Year: Junior
What interests you about your major and minor?
I knew what I didn’t want to do coming into college and I knew that I wanted to do something in the …
Daniel Arndt
Major (s): Dual degree student in Secondary Biology Education (UEDC) and Biological Sciences (UCLAS)
Class Standing: Senior
What interests you about your majors?
I came into college on a pre-medicine track and I’ve always had an interest …
Jake Stone
Major: Accounting
Minor: International Studies
Class Standing: Senior
Internship: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
What interests you about your major?
I’m really interested in business in general and accounting gives me the opportunity and ability to work with firms of every …