Opportunities are knocking...

This is the first of a series of blogs devoted to helping prospective students get a feel for the undergraduate business school at the University of Utah.

I don’t usually offer up my writing for the public to read, so please excuse any minor grammatical errors that I am sure to make. I am a sophomore at the university, majoring in marketing. A side note on that topic is that I actually haven’t taken a marketing class yet, so I guess that isn’t set in stone. Recently I have been pondering switching my major to finance. It is still early; I was just admitted into the upper division status for this semester. I am involved in several student groups, particularly in the school of business, and that will be the main topic of the blog, the whole “college experience.”

I guess that the best way to start most things is to dive right in. The shock of the cold water goes away faster. There is a lot to say about the David Eccles School of Business(DESB). I am sure that it is also a very different experience for each student that goes through the program, but luckily for all the readers of this blog, they get to hear mine.

Here we are almost half-way through the Spring semester, and what is going on for undergrads? Tons of stuff. I know--that was super articulate. It is the truth however. In the last week I have heard from an entrepreneur about hard work and success in one luncheon, mingled with influential business professionals at another luncheon, took a statistics mid-term, went to candidate orientation for elections to represent the business school in the student assembly, registered for a career conference, and even squeezed in a little time for socializing and homework.

That is what the business program here at the University of Utah is all about: opportunity. During a presentation for one of the clubs that I am in, the American Marketing Association (AMA), the speaker talked about this exactly. He said that the best thing that anyone can do for any career is get involved and build leadership skills. In the last two weeks alone, I can think of countless ways that I have been able to do just that. He said that is exactly how the company he works for, Target, looks for employees; they look very highly upon someone who can step into a leadership role with ease.

So, the DESB gets a A+ for opportunities to get involved. I am off to do some finance homework. (Yes…unfortunately we don’t just get to do fun stuff. Homework is a must for any business school.)