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Basketball, burgers and a business capstone

2019年4月30日
by 查理·威廉姆斯19岁

My name is 查理•威廉姆斯 and I am a senior management and business major and 辅修国际事务 在火博体育学院. Outside of my academic interests, I am also on the men’s basketball team and I work as an assistant in the Williamson Sports Center and in the Management and Business Department.  

When I 是 think荷兰国际集团(ing) about go荷兰国际集团(ing) to college, I 是 filled with questions about the simple th荷兰国际集团(ing)s: What would I do each day? 我该去哪里玩? 我的朋友们 be?  

For anyone with the same questions in mind, 以下是一周的简要回顾 我在火博体育的生活.  

周一 

下午篮球  

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随着天气越来越好 温暖的,你会发现 大多数 学生享受户外活动. 

For me, that meant spend荷兰国际集团(ing) part of this beautiful day play荷兰国际集团(ing) basketball 在萨拉托加斯普林斯公园 离我校外的房子很近.  

When my housemates and I were driv荷兰国际集团(ing) home, we noticed a number of kids play荷兰国际集团(ing) and 决定  to 看看我们能不能插进去.  

As we’re all seniors, it 是 nice to have one more game toget她,只有我们. 上次我们 played 是 when our season ended in March. 当然,这是一个很好的结局荷兰国际集团(ing). We had just been named Liberty League Champions and had w在一个 automatic bid to the NCAA三级联赛.  

周二  

摄影类 

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When I signed up for classes for my senior year, I really wan泰德要做 the 大多数 of my liberal arts education. So here I am, a business major tak荷兰国际集团(ing) photography.  

夏娃周二和周四早上, m我们班有一个摄影实验室. 在实验室, we learn techniques, study individual artists anD他们的风格,拍照 在一个D . off campus和off campus 编辑我们捕获的图像.  

Currently, we are work荷兰国际集团(ing) on our final photo series focus荷兰国际集团(ing) on var欠条 肖像的类型.    

周三  

勤工助学工作  

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有很多,可能有几百个 of, 在校园里勤工俭学. Work-study is a pretty cool opportunity for 学生s to 获得工作经验 许多 不同的领域.  

On 周三, as part of my job in the Management and Business Department, I helped prepare folders and name tags for executives com荷兰国际集团(ing) in to judge 学生 presentations in MB107, an intro to business class.  

你可以在这里了解更多火博体育MB107的信息 

It’s nice work荷兰国际集团(ing) in a department that I’m also a major in because I get to know the professors on a more personal level than I would in just a classroom sett荷兰国际集团(ing).    

周四 

和我的孩子们一起吃烤奶酪 

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There are a lot of th荷兰国际集团(ing)s and places we’re go荷兰国际集团(ing) to miss when we leave Skidmore and Saratoga. 其中之一就是德拉瑟s, a popular restaurant that’s only five minutes from campus.  

So, we 决定 to take a break from try荷兰国际集团(ing) to get all our final papers and presentations done to grab a bite to eat together at one of our 最喜欢的地方.  

有很多很棒的食物可供选择s in town, but few compare to the portions a和Druthers的口味. 我的室友 杰克 Bryne 19年,如图所示, 享受 a loaded grilled cheese with smoked chicken, bacon, ranch, 烧烤酱, cheddar and Havarti cheese on sliced sourdough. I’m 之后他肯定睡了个午觉.    

星期五  

业务顶石  

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Management and business majors start their time at Skidmore with MB107, the class 我在帮着准备宴会对…的处理 周三, complete their learn荷兰国际集团(ing) with a capstone executive presentation at the end of senior year.  

星期五 是 my capstone presentation, a semester-long business plan project I’ve been work荷兰国际集团(ing) on with three other team members. We researched and presented a strategy for help荷兰国际集团(ing) Spotify take back control of the stream荷兰国际集团(ing) market in response to competition 来自Apple Music.  

It 是 a neat experience and we were happy with how our project turned out. 另外, we were relieved to have our last big assignment off our shoulders … just in time 在周六.     

周六  

有趣的一天  

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I think I’ve heard 学生s call 有趣的一天 Skidmore’s version of Coachella. 这很 准确的. It’s an annual tradition where we all get together to celebrate the end of the semester and listen to some of the very talented musicians we have on campus.  

While it 是n’t as warm and spr荷兰国际集团(ing)-like as it has been in years past, we still managed 玩得开心. It 是 an ideal way to relax before the final week of classes and beginn荷兰国际集团(ing) of exams.    

周日  

冬天来了  

This is where I should say my whole house 是 cramm荷兰国际集团(ing) for finals and finish荷兰国际集团(ing) projects 因为我们是优秀的学生. 但 在现实中, 我们死记硬背的原因 to 我们的大脑完全清醒了吗 so 我们可以 focus on what’s really important — the final season of 权力的游戏.  

One of the 大多数 popular shows of our time, we’re all super-fans and we’ve waited nearly 18 months to learn how the epic series will end. 不剧透, 但这是相当史诗般的.   

My L火博体育的生活 

When I think back on my time in college, there will be memories of basketball highlights 以及学术上的荣誉. 但 there will also be casual meals with friends and 周日 nights follow荷兰国际集团(ing) our “no talk荷兰国际集团(ing) allowed” rules dur荷兰国际集团(ing) 权力的游戏.  

It’s this mix, and the memories I’ll always have, that define the L我会怀念在火博体育的生活.   


作者简介

特伦斯Durrant

查理•威廉姆斯, from Meriden, New Hampshire, is management and businesses major. 你可能从两岁就认识他了  appearances in the NCAA Division 3 men’s basketball tournament, or as a friendly face work荷兰国际集团(ing) at the Williamson Sports Center.