-: First off, Ball State gave me a lot of opportunity.
So back in 2007 I had the opportunity to
participate in the immersive learning,
the buzzword around Ball State here,
the first business program,
so it was a marketing management 300 level course,
and it was with, now the dean Jennifer Bott at
the Ball State University, Miller College of Business,
and then the interim dean at the time was Rodney Davis.
And so I had the opportunity to participate in
an immersive learning marketing management class
with Vera Bradley, we came along side,
worked with them for the semester.
And that was an awesome opportunity that got,
there were about fifteen, twenty of us in the class,
outside of Ball State we went on some trips to
view their manufacturing facility,
we went to some of their open houses.
So for me, right off the bat, my junior year,
was an opportunity that was very unique at the time,
it was the first one so it was,
it was a really cool experience, and then also internships.
Ball State brings, what, hundred, hundred and fifty,
two hundred employers to the fall career fair,
and there's a lot of opportunity there,
and that's where I found my internship in 2008.
It's where I was able to connect with the full time,
the company that hired me full time in 2009,
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
I'm very partial to Ball State career fair,
because I found an internship and a job.
So I guess the opportunities that Ball State
allows students to have, and the experiences,
is really what I think is very beneficial.