Hi Everyone! My name is Kristen English and I am a Business Administration major with a concentration in IT Management. I am scheduled to graduate in December of 2019, so sadly I only have a few more semesters here at the Institute. I am in the online section of this course due to taking a full load of early and late summer classes on campus. I have completed an internship and am currently in the middle of rotations between a separate co-op which is the reason my scheduling of classes is so weird and I’m taking this course as a rising senior :)
A little about me; I am currently co-oping at Delta Air Lines as a project management co-op with the Airport Customer Service department. A big perk of my job is that I get to travel a lot!! I’ve been fortunate enough to go so many cool places and I am looking forward to going to many more! I participated in the Georgia Tech Oxford Study abroad program last summer and traveled all over Europe and made many new friends. My absolute favorite place I’ve traveled was the island of Capri off the coast of Naples, Italy. Ask me any time about my travels and you’d probably be stuck for an hour listening to me go on and on. Outside of traveling, I really enjoy going to Piedmont Park, hiking, and basically anything outdoors!
In terms of English courses at Tech, I took ENG 1101 my freshman year with Andrea Kraft and really enjoyed my experience. I was fortunate to have a professor who really cared about her students learning the material and picking a topic that was interesting and engaging. We worked a lot with blog posts and website creation in that course which was extremely beneficial for me because my past experiences with English courses in high school were mainly just written essay and literature based. I feel like I still have room to improve however with the technical written aspects of communication but this past course was a great introduction.
In all honesty I have never even seen a real musical other than High School Musical (which I don’t think really counts…). I do recognize the name Hamilton though and know that it is a widely known and loved musical. I am familiar with a lot of music from musicals due to my love of the TV show Glee in high school. I am also very familiar with the hip-hop genre from being a college student and living in Atlanta which is widely known to produce note-worthy artists of the genre. I am excited to learn more about Hamilton and hip-hop and how they tie into each other. I am a naturally curious person with a passion for learning new things so I am sure this semester is going to be another great experience for me as a student to broaden my horizons and learn new things!