I am currently an academic counselor at my alma mater, Oregon State University.  We are the other OSU – not “The” Ohio State University or Oklahoma State University.  (One way to tell the difference is that Oregon State is a medium-sized research university in the Pacific Northwest and is one of only two universities in the United States designated a land-, sun-, sea- and space-grant institution).

I spent my first stint at OSU as a college student where I earned my B.S. in Sociology. While my father innocently wondered aloud “what are you going to do with that degree?,” I realized the benefits my liberal arts education provided in regards to nurturing creative and critical thinking and the desire to pursue life-long learning opportunities.

Since then, I earned my M.Ed. in Student Affairs in Higher Education across the country at the University of Florida and spent the next 6 years putting the student affairs theory I learned into practice every day in my job as an academic adviser.

Five years after earning my M.Ed., I went back to school to earn my MLIS via Florida State University’s College of Information distance learning program. I love what I am learning and see connections between information sciences and student affairs. I additionally supplement my coursework by interning several hours a week at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library and volunteering with the Internet Public Library. I plan to graduate with my MLIS with specializations in Reference & Instruction and Leadership & Management.

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