Degrees: B.B.A in International Business, Finance, and Economics; Minors in Global Development Studies and Management
How did the Stamps Scholarship help shape your undergraduate experience?
The Stamps Scholarship not only gave me the opportunity to explore the world and pursue my passions, it also provided an incredibly supportive and close knit community that encouraged me to take those experiences further than I had imagined possible. Being a Stamps Scholar put me in touch with fantastic mentors, role models, and dedicated friends who all shaped my collegiate experience. The Stamps program helped me engage in a number of research and projects, which I was able to present at the Clinton Global Initiative University, National Conference on Undergraduate Research, and Society of Business, Industry and Economics. It also allowed me to visit over 35 countries in just a few short years, including a semester abroad in Sweden and a summer internship in South Africa. Most importantly, the experiences made possible by the Stamps program changed my perspective and my focus, taking me from a self-interested youth to service-driven adult. The commitment demonstrated by the Stamps family, staff, and scholars to helping others inspired my own desire to work in global development.
Tell us a piece of wisdom you’ve learned over the past four years.
You can never truly pay back all of the investments others have made in you, but you can always pay that same generosity forward to others in turn.
Who has had the greatest impact on you throughout your college career and how so?
My big brother in my fraternity, David Wildes, has undoubtedly had the greatest impact on me throughout my college career. David was also a Stamps Scholar at Mercer, and from my first day on campus he took me under his wing, helping me through the best and worst times of my life and serving constantly as a role model for how I wanted to become.
What’s your favorite Stamps Scholar memory?
Traveling with a group of Scholars from Mercer and Georgia Tech to Plains, GA to hear a Sunday school class taught by President Jimmy Carter.
What comes next?
This summer I will be in Amsterdam learning about how to protect people in our societies from discrimination through the Humanity in Action Fellowship. After that I will be conducting research in Heidelberg on housing policies for refugees in Germany through the Fulbright US Student program. Beyond that I will be applying for graduate programs to study international development.
Please share your favorite inspirational quote.
“Many small people who in many small places do many small things that can alter the face of the world.” – Mural on the Berlin Wall, painted by Muriel Raoux & Kani Alavi