MSBA Program

Unfortunately I am one of the few of us in this program who hasn’t found an internship yet. Instead of talking about my job hunting woes, I would rather address one of my favorite things about the program.  As a history major, everything that we have learned so far has been completely new to me.  Obviously it’s pretty scary and intimidating, but I actually find it to be more exciting than either of those things. It’s almost like I’m going to school for the first time. However, I think the thing that I most appreciate and enjoy about the MSBA program is the size of the class.  Because our class is so small it makes it easier to build relationships with each other and set a comfortable classroom setting.  I have a terrible fear of public speaking to the point where sometimes I don’t even want to raise my hand in class to either answer a question, out of fear of being wrong, or ask a question, out of fear of sounding dumb.  So you can imagine then that giving presentations has always been out of the question for me. However, with a class this small and with one that I’m feeling more comfortable around each day it is the perfect setting to practice in. Hopefully, by graduation I’ll be fearless (or at least able to finish a presentation) when it comes to public speaking.  I’m not even close to being at that point yet though, so Mr. McHie, please don’t call on me in class tomorrow!