Becoming a Diverse Student Scholar has given me the opportunity to travel to different states to present at business and marketing conferences. In those travels I get to meet new people and revisit with those that have returned for another year. My first conference took me to Santa Fe New Mexico. It was also my first conference presentation. I may have been noticeably nervous (public speaking has never been my strong suit), especially in front of a group of people I am encoun

I had no intentions to go into research when I started college. In fact, I had no idea what I would be majoring in or what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I chose to focus on my general education requirements for my first semester to figure things out and took a Korean class on a whim for fun. The course itself was interesting, and through it I met many individuals. One of them in particular was a girl who was quiet and sat on the far opposite corner of the room.