College/Department: Admissions
Title: Recruiting Officer
Office: CSS 201
Phone: (231) 591-2049
Email: [email protected]
- Undergraduate Institution: Ferris State University
- BS Integrative Studies - Digital Media Management
- Graduate Institution(s): Ferris State University(In progress)
- MS Career and Technical Education - Post-Secondary Administration
Are you a First-Gen student?
Yes
What support system or mentors did you have in college?
Honors mentoring, Educational & Career Counseling Center (now DARC), Personal Counseling
Center, Academic Literacies Center, Student Food Pantry
Unofficial Mentors - Jodi Gardei, Kayla (Garrett) Loretangeli, Amy Dorey
What is something that you know now, that you wish you knew when you were in college?
I wish I knew that needing help is valid, and every single employee at Ferris State
University is here to help students, not judge. It also would've been helpful to know
all of the extensive programs available at Ferris, from demographic/situation specific
programs, to groups dedicated to studying and bringing people together.
What advice do you have for a first-generation college student pursuing a degree at
Ferris?
My advice for every first-gen student is to get involved as much as you can and as
fast as you can. Make friends, study together, and build your own community within
Ferris State University. Utilize the programs and sources around you for any and every
need you have. Attend a grocery bingo or bingo ballroom event at least once!