Research and Development Center

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Year in School: Junior

Major / Minor: Community Health – Health Planning & Administration

Extracurricular Activities @ U of I: Future Health Care Executives – Social Event Chair; Illinois Student Senator – Applied Health Science Senator; IBlood – Blood Drive Volunteer

Hometown: Bloomington/Normal, IL 

Is your hometown known for anything? First Steak n’ Shake (which was torn down to put up a Monical’s…) and State Farm, of course!

Favorite thing to do on campus: Walk to class (I only take the bus if it is raining/snowing heavily) and do homework on the quad when it is nice.

What do you do in your spare time? Dance, hang out with friends and watch movies.

Favorite Holiday: Christmas

Favorite Food: Caramel Apples & Subway

Favorite Movie: Simon Birch

If you could have dinner with anyone from history or present day, who would it be and why? Both of my grandpas (both died before I was born).

How long have you been working at the RC? Fall 2009 will be my 3rd semester at the RC

Why did you decide to work for the RC? I was working at Smoothie King when I applied. I wanted a job that still allowed flexible hours but that would also challenge me and give me real work experience.

What is your project about? I work on the State Market Overview team refreshing the reports. They are uniform reports of each specific state that depict the state demographics, State Farm’s performance in that state, and the state’s economic/insurance climates. This information is compared to the rest of the state’s zone or the nation as a whole.

What is your favorite thing about working here? I have met some great people and made friends that I would have never made without this job.