I am certainly proud to announce that I am currently a student at Western Michigan University. This past summer I only applied to two different schools; I was interested in WMU without a doubt but was leaning more towards Grand Valley State University. I did not get accepted to GVSU and ended up here at WMU. I did more and more research about WMU and it turns out that I love it here and wouldn't want to be anywhere else. Kalamazoo is definitely my new home. During my stay here at WMU I expect to learn about my self and my future profession. I am majoring in business management and hope to run my own store some day. I am truly looking forward to doing some internships and getting my career started!

At Western I hope to achieve a degree in business management. I am going to try my hardest to receive a 3.5 GPA or higher. I had a goal of joining a business group and to be involved. I have joined a group called Business Technology Network and have really enjoyed being a part of this group. I still have yet to get the experience of opportunites through the group but I hope to receive that with some internships within the next few years. When I graduate in four years I will get a full time management job until I am ready to have my own business.

Shannon Marie LaVelle