 I decided to be an economics major. My first year at Gustave is I took a couple economics classes and just absolutely fell in love with the field. I chose business management because the professionalism, the high standard, that fast-paced environment has always been something that I've really, really valued and have always kind of been surrounded by. I chose public accounting because I was really interested in like the business field and I thought that compared to a lot of other majors for me personally I thought that public accounting gave me like the most well-rounded major that gave me different classes and different parts of the department. I really wanted to attend a smaller school where everyone kind of knew each other and where class sizes were smaller. I kind of wanted to go somewhere that really emphasized like the liberal arts where you can try out a bunch of things and see what fits the best. I came from a small school where I was extremely involved and I wanted to be able to kind of replicate that in college as well and Gustavus really offered me the most opportunities to do that. For me, experience or learning has been one of my very favorite parts of going to Gustavus. My first year at Gustavus I actually participated in the business and economics departments Gusty Cup which is like a competition for entrepreneurship ideas. I got to learn all about building a startup, marketing, kind of like the early like decisions and the early work that you have to do when you're building a startup or working for one and I ended up getting a little bit of seed money to help launch what was at the time an environmentally friendly water heater controls business. The learning community atmosphere is very innovative. There's definitely a growth potential and a growth mindset in this department. I noticed kind of that entrepreneurial spirit and I think that being able to have that spirit and be curious, solve problems, look to to attack challenges and collaborate with other peers to solve problems is something that I noticed right away. Favorite class that I took was actually this past year with Kathy Lundin. It was called Ethics in Business. This class was super engaging and a lot of people were very willing to participate and very comfortable to speak up in this class. We talked a lot about topics that aren't even related directly to my major but are directly applicable to life in a business field.