Meet Some of Our Marketing Students

The Marketing and Event Management courses I took in my first years helped me feel confident in my career aspirations, which has made me eager to learn and appreciative of the opportunities I have. My early experiences in internships and major-specific courses, as well as other experiential learning opportunities, give me a huge head start in my industry and will help me be successful after graduation.

The extracurricular that I am most involved in is Stiller Women in Business. I am the Vice President of the club, and I love coming up with creative and engaging ways to empower women on our campus. Stiller Women in Business is open to all students, even non-business majors and those who don't identify as female. Everyone will end up in the professional world after graduation, so it is important to prepare everyone for that world, and especially to bring awareness to how women are represented professionally. Stiller Women in Business has changed a lot recently, and each semester is designed with the mission to be inclusive and benefit students by featuring events such as our speaker series, professional seminars that count as InSight milestones, our Semi-Annual Networking Event and more!

I didn't expect to have the opportunities I have had and to be as professionally ahead of the curve as I am. I feel confident in my ability to get competitive internships and think outside of the box. I would never have expected to start an entrepreneurial venture and present it to Senior Vice Presidents at Samsung in my first year at college, but connecting students with outstanding opportunities is a part of the Champlain experience.

The Marketing professors I have had have all been amazing to have classes with. They keep lessons up-to-date with relevant industry knowledge, have a wide network of other Marketing professionals that is used for live-client projects, and are awesome human beings overall. There is such a variety of careers that Marketing students can choose from, and I've appreciated that the courses are set up to allow students to explore what parts of Marketing they have strengths in, and furthermore, what areas they'd like to work in specifically. I've found a love for social media marketing that is focused in data-driven content creation, and have been very lucky to have had multiple internships within that field.

I love how real the professors I've had are. It's rare to get a professor who is teaching outdated information about a subject, and there are so many professors who are fresh out of actively working in the industry, or they're still publishing content in the industry while teaching at Champlain. I've found connecting with professors to be quite easy, and when you get to know a professor really well, they are a forever connection who is always available to give advice or a recommendation to help you-even when you're not in their class that semester.

I've been a mentor for Champlain DREAM since the first Friday of my first year. DREAM is a mentorship program for lower-income kids, providing them with enriching activities and opportunities, as well as college student mentors who give them support and advice. It has been a great way to meet new people at Champlain, but also for being able to engage with local Vermont communities that I wouldn't have known otherwise. I've always enjoyed working with kids, and I've been able to make meaningful connections with all of them, specifically my official mentee, who is like a sister to me now.

I knew I wanted to do something in the business world, but I wasn't quite sure what. With the Upside-Down Curriculum, I was able to take a few marketing classes from the start and realized I really liked them. Marketing is perfect for me. It involves a lot of creativity and talking to people.

I could talk all day about my experience with the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, or the ODI as students call it. Champlain feels like home, but the ODI is like going back to your own room. There's a lot of support for all students from all different types of backgrounds, which I really love. If you ever go there, you will be laughing within 10 minutes. It's so fun.

My first year, I lived in Lyman Hall, and I loved it. I'm from a city, so all the old houses I'd ever seen were in museums. When I pulled up on move-in day, I thought, "This is great. It's like living in one of my books."

My professors are so personable and kind. They get to know me and what my career goals are, and they always help me pursue those goals. I've had professors recommend internships to me and help me network with companies. Our professors really want to see their students succeed in class and in their careers.

I went to Prague in the Czech Republic, where I studied at the Anglo-American University. While in Prague, I took courses like Brand Management, Project Management, EU Policies in the Business Market, and I did two classes for our Core curriculum: Prague Art & Architecture and Cultural Journalism. I learned a lot about the city, brand management, and even myself. I pushed myself out of my comfort zone, met new people, and had a lot of fun.

I was a Brand Strategy intern at Fuse in Winooski, Vermont my senior year. Fuse is a local marketing agency that works with national companies on event-based marketing aimed towards millennial and Gen-Z audiences. Towards the end of my senior year, Fuse started searching for a junior associate to join the team. They were looking at all of the applicants, but they just kept thinking about me and my work. My supervisor said she didn't want somebody new to apply, and she wanted to hire me because of all of the amazing work I did as an intern. Now, I work there full-time.