Innovision Spring 2019

30 | INNOVISION MAGAZINE NEWSTAFF Where were you before accepting your position here at KU? And what were you doing? I started my own small business, Wanamakers General Store LLC, in 2008. Ten successful years later, I was ready to move on and sold it to my business partner in 2018. After spending a few months traveling and hanging out with my kids, I began to look for my next career move. I applied to KU and was hired to start on January 7th, 2019. Why did you say yes to KU? I really believe in state institutions as an effective and vital part of educating our kids. I love the town of Kutztown and was ready for the regular hours and steady paycheck the university provides. Additionally, the benefits cannot be beat! What are some of your responsibilities? I am responsible for directing the flow of visitors and requests that come into the Dean’s office. I also help organize and plan many of the events the College of Business and the Dean’s office host. I order office supplies and arrange travel plans. I’m also actively engaged in updating the content on the College of Business web pages, Mediazone and College of Business’ social media accounts. I manage the Assistant Dean’s calendar and help ensure that she is available to help students through the College of Business Student Success Program. What are some of your daily responsibilities for this position? I am a support to professors who have recently done research. I read and edit their papers. Some professors have me look up sources to help them. It really depends on the projects they are working on. I assist the Dean’s Office with the student success program and help facilitate follow-up meetings. I also help guide students to campus resources. What qualities do you think are the most important to succeed at this position? Obviously, time management is always important in any job. But I think it’s mostly about just learning as you go. I think it’s important to learn from every experience because you’re going to come across various topics when working that could be beneficial. When you are looking at different sources, you’re going to want to be able to pick apart which ones are important to send. What have you learned on the job that you didn’t necessarily learn in the classroom? Definitely the research. There were a lot things that I didn’t know that could help me get better sources. I had a couple of classes in my undergrad that focused very heavily on research; however, I didn’t learn some things until a couple of weeks ago, such as, the proper sites to go to when researching. You don’t have to use the sites to get the sources, but they can give you an idea on what to look for like certain keywords to use. ARIAN HUNGASKI CLERK TYPIST II GABRIELLAWILSON GRADUATE ASSISTANT