As a young college sophomore I felt a little lost and confused about what direction I wanted to go academically. I had already found a home away from home in Alpha Chi, but I still was unsure about what major suited me the best. I felt like time was getting the best of me. When I started taking more business classes, and heard from a fellow friend and sister, Morganne Hatfield, about a club she was involved in, I thought this might be the answer to all my problems! (Not really to all my problems, but I thought why not check it out)
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| Gigi with the AMA! |
Fast-forward a year later and I am still in the club, the
American Marketing Association. I couldn’t be happier about my decision to take
Morganne’s advice and see what AMA was all about. I found that it’s a great
resource for students to be around peers of similar interests, all while
receiving valuable information from professionals about various occupations, as
well as first hand access to internships not made available to other students.
Not only, has this club provided me a sense of security by helping guide me
through the career search process, but we also have a lot of fun in the mean
time. There are fun events throughout the year, such as the car smash in the
spring, where people get to take out their dead week and final frustrations by
smacking a sledgehammer to an old car for only a couple bucks. Sounds a little
unusual but it actually is quite the stress reliever. We also randomly will get
together to hang out, just kick back and eat some Pegasus, go bowling, or even
play some laser tag.
Even though I love all the fun social gathering, my
favorite part of the club are the site visits, where we get to visit different
firms in various locations. Last year members had the opportunity to go to
Seattle, last term to an advertising agency in Eugene, Capelli Miles, with a
focus on brand marketing, this term we will be traveling to Portland to talk to
professionals working at Yahoo, and next term there will be a site visit in San
Francisco! The site visits are so much fun because not only, do you get to see
how various businesses are run from the inside, but you also get to get away
for the weekend and experience new surroundings with your friends.
What an amazing experience Gigi has had with the AMA! It's great to know that Alpha Chi is being represented in different groups all over campus.
LITB,
Chrissy Hardesty
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