BS Information Science and Applied Technology with a minor in Business Analytics, graduating May 2023
Henry knows how to take advantage of every opportunity. He worked as an intern at
Macahl Jett Agency in the role of System Project Manager for a year, worked at Pepsico
as an IT intern last summer, and has been working as an Information Science Department
Admission Assistant in data analysis. This year, he joined the Dr. Yvonne J. Chandler
mentoring program, and just recently, he attended Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
conference in Houston.
How and why did he do that? During his year living in the dorms, he met an RA, who
became a mentor to him. His mentor had told him that the SWE conference was a great
place to network and meet employers. Henry even signed up in advance to meet and interview
with employers on the LinkedIn page before going. Also, he had friends that had been
there in previous years and had ended up with job offers from companies they met there.
How did he manage to go? He had the good sense to look for grants, and he found and
applied to the Raupe Travel Grant. He was awarded enough to cover his expenses to attend this conference. The result
is that he interviewed with over 50 companies in three days.
With this strong experience in both industry and academia, making both the dean’s
list and president’s list during his academic career, Henry’s future looks bright!