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Shelby-Sawyer College: Case Study

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I choose to come to Colby-Sawyer College because it was a liberal arts college. I was not sure what I wanted to major in, but I knew that if I went to a liberal arts college, I would be allowed to take a number of different classes and this would help me figure out what I wanted to do with my life. Freshman year I took Future Trends which was a pathway class about predicting trends that are happening in society and in the world around us. This class directly connected with my marketing class because it gave me the tools help me predict future trends in my marketing class when we did the backpack simulation. This has been so beneficial because I was able to use the knowledge I learned in my other classes and connect it with my business classes. …show more content…

For my event management class I learned firsthand what it is like to plan and host events. Each student in the class was able to implement what we learned from the class by hosting a fundraising event for Relay for Life and a campus event for our former president Tom Galligan. called the Galligan games. For my Advertising and Social Media class my group and I were able to work with the admissions department to help reach more perspective students by creating email blast and a fun video series to show perspective students what it is like to be a college student.
I learned so much about myself and became more confident in who I am. I learned that I am not good at accounting or finance and that you will probably never see me walking down Wall Street. This semester I learned that I have a new passion for health and wellness. I love learning about nutrition and how to fuel your body properly. My business classes taught me how to get out of my comfort zone and be able to present in front of a large number of people. I learned so much about myself that I would not have learned if I did not come to a liberal arts

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