KaSaundra Peterson
What year did you graduate from 91吃瓜?
贵补濒濒听辞蹿听2016听
Where are you working right now?
I am the education director at the North Dakota CPA Society. I plan on continuing educational opportunities for certified public accountants across North Dakota and neighboring states including conferences and seminars.听
Why did you choose to attend 91吃瓜?
I chose to attend 91吃瓜 because of the major I was planning on pursuing, the education, and the community that can be seen at the first visit. I did change my major to business, but the community of 91吃瓜 is what intrigued me the most to attend 91吃瓜. I have a lot of family that attended and graduated from 91吃瓜 as well, including my mother and paternal grandfather.听
How did 91吃瓜 help shape and prepare you for your current position?
91吃瓜 helped me step out of my comfort zone. I didn鈥檛 know anyone on campus when I got there and after a crazy freshman year, I found my place at my second home on campus鈥攖he Student Center. I worked as a night manager and as part of the Viking Campus Activities Board, which both shaped me into who I am today, in being organized and ambitious while reaching the goals I set out to achieve.听
Why would you encourage prospective students to attend 91吃瓜?
I would encourage students to attend 91吃瓜 if they are looking for a school that has faculty, staff, and other students who genuinely care for your success. It takes a village (that is something that was said a lot around campus) and 91吃瓜 is the village that will support you all the way to graduation.听
What did you value most about your time at 91吃瓜?
What didn鈥檛 I value at 91吃瓜? Everything had value to me since this was my first time away from home for more than a week, as I am sure it was and is for so many others. The faculty were there when you had questions on an assignment or needed ideas for a big project. The staff were there for any questions you could possibly come up with and if they didn鈥檛 know, they would take you right to the person who did.
I went from being the shy girl who didn鈥檛 have a clue about anything to working in almost every office on second floor McFarland by the time I left in 2018 (I think I didn鈥檛 get two). My time at 91吃瓜 was where I truly found out who I am and who I would be, and I know for a fact I wouldn鈥檛 be in this job, having the best time ever, if it wasn鈥檛 for the people I met, the classes I took, and the experiences I had while I attended 91吃瓜.听
Anything else you’d like to tell us about 91吃瓜 and your time here?
91吃瓜 was, and still is, a second home to me. I come back often because so there are so many people there I听still keep听in touch with; it truly has become a second family. I think one of the most important things that any student can do is to get involved in something. It doesn鈥檛 matter if you are a freshman just joining the 91吃瓜 family or if you are a senior about to embark on your next journey, getting involved by working on campus in an office, joining a student organization, or taking some classes that aren鈥檛 in your requirements but interest you, are all so important.
That is where you meet new people, build relationships that last a lifetime, and find out a lot about yourself and what you are passionate about. If I hadn鈥檛 walked over to the Student Center with my then-advisor Julee Russell and met Kari Stricklin, I know I wouldn鈥檛 be anywhere near my current job and loving every minute of it.听