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Hrm 531 Week 2 Written Assignment

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I put a lot of time thinking about who I wanted to interview for this assignment. Not only did I want to network with other individuals on campus, I also wanted to learn about their everyday experiences. I interviewed Schelzia Ross, who is the Associate Director of TRIO at UW-Waukesha. I chose to interview Schelzia because she works with a specific population of students that I am interested in, first generation.
I started off the interview by getting to know a little bit more about Schelzia. She received her undergraduate degree from Baylor University which is a private Christian university and a nationally raked research institution, located in Texas. She also received her graduate degree in educational administration from Texas A&M University. When she moved out to Wisconsin, she applied to UW-Waukesha and has been working in her current position for almost two years. She applied to this position because one thing that peaks her interest is student retention.
As the interviewed continued, Schelzia provided me with information interesting information about her position. The TRIO program is a federally funded grant that provides that provides extensive support to students. She mentioned the criteria for students to apply to the TRIO program, which surprised me …show more content…

This is an extremely important question that can allow an individual to gain knowledge about a specific field of work. Scheliza perspective is to believe in the whole student, “I recommend that when people are working with at-risk students, do not just look at academics, look at the student as a whole, empower students to become active outside the classroom and most importantly have them set goals.” This is advice I will take with me because as I learned throughout my graduate program, it is important to treat each student individually and it can make a difference when students are involved both inside and outside of the

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