Outstanding Grad: Leisha Talley, College of Business
“I want to empower people with the information they need to make decisions that prioritize sustainability.”
“I want to empower people with the information they need to make decisions that prioritize sustainability.”
“When I decided to come back to school for a science degree, I was nervous about not understanding the material. I worked really hard, asked a lot of questions and excelled in the general science courses. I’m proud of myself for the work I put into this degree.”
"Community is a difficult thing to build organically, but given enough time, patience, and resilience, you’ll find your people."
"Everyone goes through rough patches, in college and in life. You're not going to be ready for it, and life will not care."
"I don’t like to quit things, and I want to finish them out as best as I can, and I can’t quit what’s going on right now. And my mom didn’t quit (fighting) cancer for a long time until it overcame her."
“I knew I had potential to make a bigger impact. I liked the culture here. I knew electrical engineering was the right choice for me.”
"Reach out and connect with your professors, the faculty and your peers because they all have the capacity to provide mentorship when given the opportunity."
"Don’t be afraid to try something that you never thought you would want to try. … I think a lot of people come into college with the idea of what they’re going to do, but they don’t know the possibilities of stepping outside those boundaries."
“When times were hard, I always convinced myself to pull through. This helped not only in computer engineering but also in my computer science major where continuous learning is essential.”
"Although I had always wanted to study in a foreign country, coming here from Venezuela was certainly an interesting journey! It took a lot of courage to immerse myself in a completely different world from what I'd known back home, all my life."