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In this episode, we share our personal journeys to the colleges we are at today. We discuss how we picked them, what we have learned from the process, and the advice we have gained from it. We provide you with a list of DOs and DON'Ts when choosing your college and some signs a college is meant for you. Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/campus.hq/ Website: https://www.campushq.org/

Jerry Davis graduated from UVA with a degree in Economics. He works as a Lead Technical Solution Analyst at Cerner Corporation in Malvern, PA. Prior to his work at Cerner, Jerry worked for Siemens Healthcare, as a Programmer and Analyst. He loves serving the healthcare IT community through his work, and his particular area of expertise is with clients' pharmacy and medication-dispensing systems. ***8 Voices S2 is a series where we help you create the life you want by sharing unique stories of industry leaders & professionals who are fulfilling their most daunting dreams. We are welcoming guest speakers from a wide variety of professional backgrounds to show how you can use college as an opportunity to elevate your personal goals and ultimately achieve success.*** Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/campus.hq/ Website: https://www.campushq.org/

Elizabeth Tikoyan is a social entrepreneur in the disability and chronic illness space. Inspired by her own personal health battle, she created the Riley App, a health tech platform that connects patients with the same health conditions to each other. It is her life mission to change the stigma around disability and to change the way society treats people with health conditions. ***8 Voices S2 is a series where we help you create the life you want by sharing unique stories of industry leaders & professionals who are fulfilling their most daunting dreams. We are welcoming guest speakers from a wide variety of professional backgrounds to show how you can use college as an opportunity to elevate your personal goals and ultimately achieve success.*** Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/campus.hq/ Website: https://www.campushq.org/

John Towers worked in Institutional Sales at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC for 17 years before joining MoffettNathanson as partner. Earlier in his career, he worked in magazine publishing for Harris Publications. John is a CFA charterholder who earned his BA from Denison University and MBA from Fordham University. ***8 Voices S2 is a series where we help you create the life you want by sharing unique stories of industry leaders & professionals who are fulfilling their most daunting dreams. We are welcoming guest speakers from a wide variety of professional backgrounds to show how you can use college as an opportunity to elevate your personal goals and ultimately achieve success.*** Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/campus.hq/ Website: https://www.campushq.org/

Sasan Ahmadiyar grew up in Iran and moved to the US in his 20s where he attended community college and went to Marquette Dental School. His resilience and perseverance allowed him to succeed as he worked and learned English during all of his years at community college and dental school. Since moving to VA, he has founded 6 of his own dentistries, VA Smiles. ***8 Voices S2 is a series where we help you create the life you want by sharing unique stories of industry leaders & professionals who are fulfilling their most daunting dreams. We are welcoming guest speakers from a wide variety of professional backgrounds to show how you can use college as an opportunity to elevate your personal goals and ultimately achieve success.*** Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/campus.hq/ Website: https://www.campushq.org/

Mandy Blandford graduated from the University of Kentucky with a BS in Accounting and received her MBA from the University of Louisville. After working as an auditor in public accounting for Ernst & Young for two years, she worked as an internal auditor for Baptist Health Systems. Then, she chose to pursue a career as a professor. She returned to the University of Louisville and for 20 years has taught accounting courses while also raising a family. She is adored by her students, seen through her nomination for Faculty Mentor 6 years in a row, likely due to her contagious spirit and desire to spread a love for accounting. ***8 Voices S2 is a series where we help you create the life you want by sharing unique stories of industry leaders & professionals who are fulfilling their most daunting dreams. We are welcoming guest speakers from a wide variety of professional backgrounds to show how you can use college as an opportunity to elevate your personal goals and ultimately achieve success.*** Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/campus.hq/ Website: https://www.campushq.org/

Grace Miller is a television producer for BlackFin Media. She has worked to produce The Murder Tapes, Evil Lives Here, Shattered, and Grave Secrets. She is currently working on a three-part documentary series about the YouTuber Onision. This series will launch the BlackFin media streaming service. ***8 Voices S2 is a series where we help you create the life you want by sharing unique stories of industry leaders & professionals who are fulfilling their most daunting dreams. We are welcoming guest speakers from a wide variety of professional backgrounds to show how you can use college as an opportunity to elevate your personal goals and ultimately achieve success.*** Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/campus.hq/ Website: https://www.campushq.org/

Dean Murphy is an award-winning journalist at The New York Times, where he is currently an associate managing editor for investigations. His career, which has spanned three decades and three continents, includes assignments as a war correspondent in Europe and Africa, as a political reporter in California and New York, as an editor overseeing business news, national news and investigations, and as the author of a book about the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. He was named to the masthead, the newsroom's top leadership team, in 2017. In his current role, Murphy co-manages investigative journalists who take on particularly hard-to-crack subjects, ranging from government corruption to corporate malfeasance. A recent focus has been the rollback of environmental protections under President Trump. ***8 Voices S2 is a series where we help you create the life you want by sharing unique stories of industry leaders & professionals who are fulfilling their most daunting dreams. We are welcoming guest speakers from a wide variety of professional backgrounds to show how you can use college as an opportunity to elevate your personal goals and ultimately achieve success.*** Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/campus.hq/ Website: https://www.campushq.org/

Mylène Freeman is a former Canadian member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party, now pursuing her doctoral studies at The University of Virginia. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University, where she studied political theory. She was co-president of her university's New Democratic Party student group and co-ordinator of the university's Women in House program, which has young women shadow female MPs in hopes of fostering their interest in getting involved in politics. Her main areas of study are contemporary thought, feminist theory, democratic theory, continental philosophy, notions of self, political agency, deliberation, and identity. She is interested in finding applications to policy formation and gaining insight from observing and studying the political process. ***8 Voices S2 is a series where we help you create the life you want by sharing unique stories of industry leaders & professionals who are fulfilling their most daunting dreams. We are welcoming guest speakers from a wide variety of professional backgrounds to show how you can use college as an opportunity to elevate your personal goals and ultimately achieve success.*** Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/campus.hq/ Website: https://www.campushq.org/

In Part 2 of this series, we discuss how to support a friend or loved one who has been sexually assaulted, how to find support and report your sexual assault, and how to heal from trauma. Part 1 discussed how to educate yourself and your friends about sexual assault and how to stay safe. Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/campus.hq/ Website: https://www.campushq.org/ ***HOTLINE INFORMATION: National Domestic Violence Hotline 1 (800) 799-7233; Love is Respect 1 (866) 331-9474; RAINN 1 (800) 656-4673; DOD Safe Helpline 1 (877) 995-5247; National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1 (800) 273-8255; The Trevor Project 1 (866) 488-7386; SAMHSA’s National Helpline 1 (800) 662-4357***