Amid the impact of the wildfires affecting parts of Southern California, the University of Oregon has reached out to students who are from Los Angeles County sending support and providing various resources to assist students in need.  

Since the start of the fires on Jan. 7, more than 12,000 structures have been destroyed as of Jan. 17. The fires have claimed the lives of at least 27 people, as of Jan. 17, according to CBS News. 

On Jan. 9, Dean of Students Jimmy Howard sent an email to students from LA County and other Southern California counties, expressing his sympathy and offering resources for mental health, academic and financial support. 

According to UO Spokesperson Eric Howald, 3,276 students received the email, from ten counties including Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego.

“Being far from home during such events can be especially stressful and confusing. The team at the University Counseling Center are available to provide the support you need,” University Counseling Center, one of the resources provided in the email, wrote.

Isabella Thomas, a UO junior who received the email, said the email was a “nice” acknowledgment.

“(The email was) nothing groundbreaking that I would praise the school for just because I feel like it’s a given to send something like that,” Thomas said. 

Freshman Natalie Rodriguez, another UO student who received the email, said she appreciated the email despite not being personally affected by the fire. 

“They were acknowledging what was happening back home and kind of saying that they’re sending their support, and I liked how they offered if I wanted to speak to somebody, that type of resource,” Rodriguez said. 

Carys Zamudio, another first-year student, said she was surprised by the email. 

“We’re (in Oregon) so I didn’t feel like there was necessarily like a reason for them to send it out, but it was nice that they did acknowledge what was going on because I know that a lot of families and a lot of people have been affected,” Zamudio said. 

On Jan 12., the Associated Students at the University of Oregon posted a statement regarding the fires in an Instagram story. 

“Our hearts are with you and your families as you navigate the challenges of the ongoing wildfires. We hope everyone is staying safe during this difficult time,” the statement read. 

A link to a document containing resources was also provided below the statement. 

According to UO spokesperson Eric Howald, the University of Oregon admitted 18,820 Class of 2029 students through the early action deadline over winter break. This number will increase after regular decision admittances.

UO’s early action deadline was on Nov. 1, 2024. 

The deadline comes nearly three months sooner than the regular decision deadline of Jan. 15, 2025. 

Most students who apply for early action received decision status by mid-December of 2024. 

According to Howald, the university saw an increase from the 17,460 students who were admitted for fall 2024.

Howald also said that in 2021, 40% of applications were early action. In 2022, 42% were early action, and by 2023, the number of early action applications jumped to 50%. 

According to Erin Hays, associate vice president for student services and enrollment management and director of admissions, there has been a 4% increase in early action applications since the 2023 to 2024 academic year.  

“A lot of students apply earlier to schools because they just want more time to compare schools and get out to do campus visits,” Hays said. 

Hays said due to Oregon’s smaller population, UO receives more applicants from out-of-state students as opposed to Oregon residents. 

“We treat both groups equally in our admissions process, so we don’t distinguish between resident and non-resident in our offers of admission,” Hays said. 

Hays also said the acceptance rate for both early action and regular decision were “very similar,” both being in the “high 80s” in terms of percentage. 

Amber Clemons, a freshman who applied through the regular decision deadline for the fall of 2024, said she wished she had chosen early action for its benefits, including access to scholarships. 

“Honestly I had a friend who did early action, and I felt like that reaped better benefits when it came to scholarships and everything. So that’s something that if I was able to go into the past that I would do,” Clemons said.

Grayson Mentzer, another freshman who chose the regular decision deadline, said he waited to commit to UO because he wanted to consider his other options. 

“I wasn’t really sure if this was going to be my final choice for a college because I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to afford it, and there was just other colleges that looked promising, so when I chose (regular) decision, I just wanted to keep my options open,” Mentzer said.

Kennedy Thomas, a freshman who chose to apply for early action, said she felt early action gave her an advantage over other applicants. 

“I thought it would put me a step ahead of a lot of other applicants and I thought it would make it easier for me to get into the school or get into the (Clark) Honors College, and just like have a better experience with applying to UO,” Thomas said.

#1 Breaking News: UO FSL leader Leonard Serrato tells Trump voters on Instagram, “jump off of a f—ing bridge” by Ysabella Sosa

Following the 2024 presidential election, University of Oregon Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life Leonard Serrato posted a video to his public Instagram page telling Trump voters, “Go f— yourself if you voted for Donald Trump.” 

Among Serrato’s Instagram followers were UO students. Serrato was terminated from his position on Dec. 20, 2024. 

A subsequent Emerald article was published the following day describing a response from Donald Trump Jr. to Serrato’s comments on social media, saying it was “disgusting but not surprising” that an employee of a state university would make these comments. 

“The next day, we got the news that the president-elect’s son, Donald Trump Jr., responded, because the story and the video was posted on ‘Libs of TikTok,’” Ysabella Sosa, campus news associate editor, said. 

According to a third Emerald report, Serrato was placed on administrative leave following the comments. UO alumni and donor Chip Messenger responded to Trump’s social media post, stating he would pull a $100,000 donation to the university if Serrato was still affiliated with UO by the end of the month. 

“As a journalist, any article that you’re going to write is going to get attention from people, and there will be engagement. So the most interesting part was to see the comments and engagement on the social media post and on our website,” Sosa said.

#2 City News: Elk Horn Brewery permanently closes Eugene location by Stephanie Hensley 

Elk Horn Brewery has closed its Eugene location after 10 years of business. The announcement was made through a Facebook post which has since been deleted. 

Inflation and the rising cost of materials were cited as a reason for the closure of many restaurants, among other factors. 

“I spoke to the owner of Gratitude Brewing, and I was doing a lot of research on restaurants and other dining establishments. And in the end, I just kind of tumbled it into one article,” Stephanie Hensley, city news reporter and podcast producer, said.

#3 City News: Eugene’s early restaurant closing hours by Stephanie Hensley 

Eugene is home to over 23,000 college students. Despite this, restaurants in Eugene have relatively early closing hours, with some restaurants closing before 10 p.m. 

Brian Kaufman, one of the owners of Bo & Vine Burger in Eugene, said that competition and location were two reasons for Eugene’s early closing hours. 

“(Kaufman) was saying that because it’s a one-way street, they don’t get a lot of traffic. There’s no point in keeping the business open past nine. So I feel like that’s something that could definitely be affecting other restaurants,” Hensley said.

#4 Investigations: The School of Music and Dance’s half million dollar question by Ruby Duncan 

Toby Koenigsberg, a professor within the School of Music and Dance, allegedly made over a half million dollars in profits selling his self-published textbook, “Contemporary Songwriting” to students.

Koenigsberg was able to profit from selling his own textbook due to a “gray area” in policy, according to the article. 

“I feel like there were a lot of things that kind of unfolded as I was researching. I think that was the most interesting part. I definitely learned a lot about the investigative journalism process as a whole, since (this) was my first story,” Ruby Duncan, investigative reporter, said. 

Currently, students will be required to purchase a different textbook for the class, a less expensive one that Koenigsberg had no hand in writing or publishing.

#5 Sports: No honeymoon here in Eugene by Jack Lazarus

In October, Oregon football scored a close victory against the Ohio State Buckeyes with a final score of 31-32. 

“As well as being one of the biggest games in Autzen Stadium history, the game had a lot of significance for Oregon’s season, as it was the hardest game the Ducks would have all regular season,” Jack Lazarus, sports associate editor, said. 

The article discussed the remaining games in the season, how the Ducks would need to carry the momentum through the rest of the season and the possibility of another Ducks-Buckeyes matchup during the Big Ten Championship. This possibility became a reality as the Ducks and Buckeyes faced off again in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. 

“I tried to collect the feeling of any fanbase after an outstanding win and apply that to the rest of the season,” Lazarus said.

#6 2024 Election: 2024 Eugene, Lane County election updates by Lucas Hellberg and Mathias Lehman-Winters

Ballot Measure 20-362, a “gerrymandering” measure, failed, with nearly 75% of voters in opposition to the measure. 

“A key part of this article was making sure that we were summarizing complex initiatives and candidates succinctly and accurately,” Mathias Lehman-Winters, city news editor and print managing editor, said. 

Kaarin Knudson was elected Mayor of Eugene. Knudson, an architect and UO Instructor, ran unopposed. 

“I think this article was widely read because people are interested in their local government. They want to know who their civic leaders will be come January and what is going on in their community,” Lucas Hellberg, city news reporter, said.

#7 Investigations: Big Ten, Big Ticket Demand by Ana Narayan

After the University of Oregon’s entrance into the Big Ten, students have struggled to obtain tickets to high-demand games. This has led to frustration among students, some of whom were unable to acquire student section wristbands, seats or tickets. 

Ducks Sports Passes are sold to students for $150 for “priority access” to claim tickets. According to the article, 10,000 passes were sold, despite there being only 8,000 available seats in the student section. 

“The idea that the Athletic Department knowingly is scamming these students out of tickets, it was just mind-blowing to me and I really wanted (the article) to be a story that would serve students,” Ana Narayan, investigative reporter, said.

#8 Campus News: A quacking new addition by Annie Biondello 

A new statue of the Oregon Duck arrived outside of the Lillis Business Complex as students returned to campus for fall term. 

The statue was sculpted by UO alumna Alison Brown, who also created several bronze statues of The Duck. 

“It was so new and it was something that some students were coming (to campus) not knowing there had been a difference because they’d never seen campus without the statue. And then there were students on the opposite side and had never seen the statue before,” Annie Biondello, campus news reporter, said. 

The newest statue was a donation from the Sauer family, a UO alumni family with several members who have graduated from the university.

#9 Breaking News: UO student reports on “unknown substance” in drink at Alpha Tau Omega party by Jasmine Saboorian, Ysabella Sosa and Riley Fox

A UO student reported their drink may have been tampered with at an Alpha Tau Omega fraternity party on Oct. 18, 2024. The UO sent out a Clery statement on Oct. 21, 2024, regarding the incident. 

“When the statement came out, we wrote (the article) and tried our best to get comments from ATO, FSL (Fraternity & Sorority Life) and IFC (Interfraternity Council), but they ultimately didn’t want to speak with us,” Jasmine Saboorian, campus news editor, said. 

The party was claimed to be under investigation by the statement. The report comes after several similar events occurred last spring. 

“Everyone wants to be able to trust when they go out with their friends (that) they are in a safe environment where they can focus on having fun rather than protecting themselves from others,” Riley Fox, campus news reporter, said.

#10 Campus News: SNAP benefits program sees increase in income limit and benefits by Angelina Handris 

As of October 2024, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program saw a raise in income limit and maximum benefits. 

This was due to a cost of living adjustment, or COLA. 

At the University of Oregon campus, Agate Street Market is the only store where SNAP is accepted. SNAP is also accepted at most other grocery stores.

On Dec. 20, former University of Oregon Fraternity and Sorority Life leader Leonard Serrato announced in an Instagram video obtained by the Daily Emerald that he had been terminated from his position as assistant director of FSL at UO. 

Serrato was previously placed on paid administrative leave in November after posting a video on Instagram telling followers to “jump off a f—king bridge” if they voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. 

The video was then posted onto X, garnering millions of views, comments and retweets from the likes of Donald Trump Jr. and UO alumnus Chip Messenger. 

“Once it went viral, the theme of my video changed. [The news media] turned the narrative into me telling all Trump supporters to unalive themselves,” Serrato said in his Dec. 20 video. “Because of this, I was then doxxed on Twitter. Not only was my work email, my personal email, my address, my family’s address back in Los Banos, and my cellphone number.” 

Serrato said that he received over 2,000 forms of harassment and threats toward the university and himself. He said that the harassment included homophobic slurs, “fatphobic” slurs and racial slurs, as well as various threats of violence. 

UO students were among his followers on his now-private Instagram account. 

“At the time, my account was set to public, and because of that, individuals recorded what I said and posted it,” Serrato said. “It was students who did this, but I know it was students because it was originally posted to the anonymous app called Fizz.”

Serrato had been employed at the university since 2022. 

UO spokesperson Eric Howald confirmed with the Daily Emerald that Serrato is no longer working at the university.

The Emerald has reached out to Serrato for comment on the matter and is waiting for a response.

Shake Smart, a chain smoothie, juice, coffee and food shop, once operational in the University of Oregon Student Recreation Center, vacated the space after the end of its rental agreement with the Rec and licensing agreement with The Duck Store.

The location in the Rec opened officially in October 2018.

According to The Duck Store’s Chief Financial Officer Andrew Moreland, Shake Smart’s location agreement with the Student Recreation Center ended in June. 

“After evaluating the profitability of the location and future investment into the location, we made the difficult decision to not renew the rental agreement for the location,” Moreland said. 

Moreland said that rising food and labor costs as well as declining sales volume were the reason behind The Duck Store’s decision to vacate Shake Smart’s operations in the Rec. 

“By closing the location, the organization could focus on our primary goal of providing course materials to students without having to supplement losses occurring from operations,” Moreland said. 

Shake Smart was founded by two college students in 2011 and exists in recreation centers on other college campuses all over the United States to provide healthy and convenient food options to college students, according to its website.

According to Moreland, the space has been turned back over to the Rec and The Duck Store will continue to offer student supplies in one vending machine. 

Sofia Torgerson is a senior student who visited Shake Smart “probably once a week.” 

“I liked the bowls, and I would sometimes get the shakes,” Torgerson said. 

According to Torgerson, she is saddened by Shake Smart’s departure from the Rec. 

“[Shake Smart] was just a good, easy thing to get on the way home,” Torgerson said. “I heard that they weren’t making enough money. But then it’s also like, whenever I saw it, it was always packed.” 

Ava Christofferson is a junior who also was an occasional Shake Smart customer. 

“I really liked their Pink Cadillac [shake],” Christofferson said.

Christofferson said the space in the Rec was not only a place to buy food, but also other items, such as textbooks and UO merchandise. 

“It kind of sucks. I really liked it. I kind of miss it. I mean, the vending machines were always there, but they also had, like, a lot of other things that you could get too,” Christofferson said. 

Lynn Nester, director of physical education and recreation with the Office of Student Life, said that Shake Smart’s absence will have an impact on the Rec.

“It may impact the foot traffic in the lobby of the SRC, as some people may have come in solely to buy something from The Duck Store or Shake Smart,” Nester said. 

According to Nester, vending machines have been relocated and added to the space, and the Rec is searching for an entity to fill the space.

“We are exploring options on use of that space and potential entities that might be interested in renting it that align with the mission and core values of PE and Rec and is something that UO students will want [and] use,” Nester said.

Following the Nov. 15 University of Oregon Police Department’s Crime Alert about an individual sexually assaulting two victims on and around UO campus, a suspect has been identified, according to UO Spokesperson, Eric Howald.

On the morning of Nov. 14, UOPD received reports of an individual offering two victims candy before sexually assaulting them on and around campus.   

“A UOPD investigation and the help of a third witness identified the suspect,” Howald said.

Howald also said that the individual has been “removed from the community” and the filing of criminal charges is currently on hold. 

“The community is safe from this individual, but we continue to encourage victims to report incidents of harassment whenever they arise,” Howald said. 

According to Howald, a victim would need to agree to press charges to further the investigation.

Tracktown Exchange is a student-run company on campus for student creatives to use their space free of charge to sell their products.

Started by junior advertising majors Tommy Bowers and Joni Victorino during their sophomore year, Tracktown Exchange is a place for student creatives and entrepreneurs to sell products they’ve made.

“It’s a lot of creative anything. So we do student magazines, newspapers. We do a bunch of clothing companies, a bunch of people make jewelry, people who crochet, or people who sell hats or just any creative who has an idea. If you have something you can sell, we want to work with you,” Bowers said.

Once an abandoned coffee kiosk located on the corner of 13th Avenue and Kincaid Street, Bowers and Victorino renovated the space after getting approval from the owners of Eugene NEST, a vintage clothing store on the same property as the kiosk, and the building landlord.

“We just had an idea, and so we kind of faked [it] until we made it and pitched this whole idea to them about remaking it, and they would let us use it as a space for creatives to sell their stuff for free [and] people who had small companies who couldn’t do their own full pop up,” Bowers said.

Bowers and Victorino said they used their own personal funds to finance the renovation process.

“There was a bunch of dirt [and] a bunch of old leftover stuff from the coffee shack that was in there. The whole thing was graffitied. The ceiling had a leak in it. The whole thing was kind of in shambles,” Bowers said.

The first Tracktown Exchange pop-up event occurred in April and included the entire week of the Associated Students at the University of Oregon Street Faire.

“For the first event we’d hosted, we created posters. We had told a bunch of our friends. We created an Instagram account,” Victorino said.

After the first events, other pop-up events were held during the remainder of the spring 2024 term.

“We plan on doing pop-ups throughout the year at various times, and a bunch of artists…are wanting to sell stuff or have collections that they’re comfortable releasing, and we’re hoping that we’re doing some pop-ups with ASUO and the NEST soon,” Bowers said.

According to Victorino, one goal of Tracktown Exchange is to create an accessible space for student vendors. Vendors are never charged to use the space.

“[Vendors] have so many different barriers, like fears of not having enough stock, the money, like the actual overhead to have a table, the actual scheduling of getting a spot at the EMU, like, there’s all these little things that I don’t think people really consider,” Victorino said. “We just wanted to give students a space where they were able to express themselves and do what they wanted to do without these barriers.”

Currently, Bowers and Victorino work with a team of 15 other people, all volunteering their time to assist vendors and creatives.

“We’re looking for volunteers, always, we’re always looking to grow the team,” Bowers said. “No idea is a bad idea.”

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On Nov. 10., the University of Oregon received “disturbing reports of hateful, antisemitic incidents in Unthank residence hall,” according to an email statement by UO. 

According to the statement, these reports included the “drawing of a swastika and the removal of items supportive of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas and supportive of Jewish students.”

“Acts of hate and antisemitism… are not only offensive but a direct attack on the values of respect, safety and inclusion that our community holds dear. These actions are intended to intimidate, and they have no place here,” Lenny Steinberg, executive director for Oregon Hillel, said. 

According to Steinberg, antisemitism on college campuses is “deeply troubling and absolutely unacceptable.” 

“The recent incident, where hateful symbols were drawn on a Jewish [Resident Assistant’s] photo, has been a stark reminder of the need to confront anti-semitism head on,” Steinberg said. 

The email was signed by Angela Chong, vice president for student life, Nicole Commissiong, associate vice president, chief civil rights officer and Title IX coordinator and Michael Griffel, associate vice president of student services and enrollment management and director of university housing.

Additionally, the email said that multiple brochures were placed under the doors of students in at least three residence halls over the past few weeks.

The brochures, titled “The Olive Tree,” were signed by the UO Palestine Coalition and contained information about the Israel-Hamas War, claiming “Israel, [with U.S. support] remains unwavering in its genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people.”

According to UO’s statement, “incidents targeting any student because of their ancestry, national origin and/or religion are prohibited under university policy” and not in accordance with the Student Conduct Code.

“These investigations are ongoing and we cannot comment on specifics beyond what [was] mentioned in the email that went out to students. The incidents violate university policies and will not be tolerated,” Eric Howald, UO spokesperson, said.

The email urged students who have witnessed incidents like those described in the email to report them to resident assistants, community directors, trusted campus offices or to contact one of several resources that were listed in the statement.

Clarification: The brochures distributed to students in residence halls by the UO Palestine Coalition do not correlate with the antisemitic incidents that occurred on Nov. 10, according to an Instagram post by UO Students for Justice in Palestine, UO Climate Justice League, UO Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine, UO Young Democratic Socialists of America, UO Muslim Student Association and UO Jewish Voices for Peace. 

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On Oct. 30, University of Oregon Substance Abuse Prevention and Education held a training session to demonstrate how to administer Narcan, known as naloxone, a drug used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. 

SAPE is an organization on campus aimed at educating students on using substances in a safer way. 

The event took place at 6 p.m. in Allen 221. SAPE gave a presentation on opioid use, types of opioids and how to recognize the symptoms of an overdose before showing a video demonstration on how to administer Narcan. 

Each student in attendance was also provided with a free dose of Narcan to take with them. 

SAPE has been conducting Narcan training sessions since 2019, due to an uptick in opioid overdoses among young people. 

“Nationally, we’re just seeing trends of opioid overdoses in communities, and more college campuses have increased training and education surrounding opioid overdose,” Alexis Drakatos, UO’s assistant director of substance misuse prevention, said.

Prior to this year, SAPE partnered with a community organization called HIV Alliance to lead Narcan training sessions on campus. HIV Alliance also provided students in attendance with Narcan. Due to a change in legislation allowing the university to distribute Narcan, which was previously considered drug paraphernalia, to students, SAPE is now able to provide Narcan to students themselves. 

“With policy changes in the state of Oregon, we’ve been able to use our team to host trainings now,” Drakatos said.

These policy changes are due in part to lobbying done by the Associated Students at the University of Oregon, according to Drakatos. 

“[ASUO has] done a lot of lobbying for some of the laws and bills that have been changed at the state level,” Drakatos said. “We’re just responding to students wanting this education, recognizing that it’s a need in [Eugene, Springfield and Lane County] as well.” 

Students can obtain Narcan with a prescription from a pharmacist or over the counter, or through community organizations such as the HIV Alliance and Community Outreach through Radical Empowerment.

“Even if you’re not under the impression that you’re using opioids, if you’re using different substances like cocaine or any type of pills, there is that risk that you are ingesting fentanyl, so [an overdose] is more likely than you would expect, and Narcan is really easy to administer, and now it’s accessible through us,” Gabriela Gutierrez,  a senior and one of the student directors of SAPE, said. 

Narcan can be used to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses, but is not effective in treating other types of drug overdoses, such as stimulant overdoses. Narcan is also not meant as a substitute for seeking medical attention and is only meant to keep the person alive until they can receive medical care.  

Despite its importance, Narcan can be “hard to find and awkward to ask for” in addition to being expensive, according to Gutierrez.

“There is more cross-contamination with fentanyl happening right now in Lane County, so [Narcan] is important to have because even though college students aren’t necessarily using more traditional opioids that you would see in a medical setting, it is being found in cocaine and molly and stuff,” Gutierrez said.  

Kit Wooler is a senior and a student director of SAPE who helped host the training session. 

“We will be offering [another training session] next month. Date and time to be determined, but it will be approximately a month from now,” Wooler said. 

According to Wooler, SAPE provides specific training by request, most popularly with Fraternity and Sorority Life. 

“We recently did [a training session] for Chi Psi [fraternity] about navigating conflict with people who are under the influence of alcohol and using alcohol in safer ways,” Wooler said. 

Olivia Schwarz is a sophomore student who attended the training. 

“I have a lot of personal experience with experiencing drug overdose, and I would like to know how to administer something so lifesaving and get more information on it,” Schwarz said.

According to Schwarz, everyone should “absolutely” know how to administer Narcan. 

“You might think you won’t experience something like [a drug overdose] personally, or you won’t experience someone else going through something so hard, but it could happen, and you never know. So just being able to be equipped with it feels really powerful.”

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On Oct. 24, the University of Oregon Career Center hosted its Fall Career and Internship Expo from noon to 4 p.m. in the Erb Memorial Union Ballroom. There was also a preview workshop held from 11:15 a.m. to noon. 

The UO Career Center hosts the event once per term. Students of various years and majors came to the event and 73 employers attended. Employers set up tables in the ballroom with information about their organization and to speak with students. Students were encouraged to bring their resumes to the event with them.

“Employers come to campus because they want to recruit students for internships or jobs, or sometimes they’re just here to tell them about their industry or what they do,” Paul Timmins, executive director of the UO Career Center, said. “It’s a place both for students who are job searching or looking for an internship right now, or for people that are learning about careers and wanting to explore possible options.”

The 73 employers that attended the event came from various industries, including but not limited to Amica Mutual Insurance Company, Edustaff and the Portland Police Bureau. 

Nonprofit, for-profit businesses and government organizations were in attendance, as well as charitable organizations such as the Peace Corps. 

“Some people leave with good job leads, but it’s really just a good opportunity to practice talking with an employer and getting used to what it takes to do that,” Timmins said. 

According to Timmins, approximately 750 students attend the Expo each term, and many of the attendees are juniors and seniors, but all years are encouraged to attend.

“We have some employers that are coming to continue sharing the word about their organization, so even though you’re a first-year student or a sophomore, they want you to be thinking about them when you’re a junior or a senior,” Timmins said. 

Isaac Webb is a freshman who attended the Expo to explore potential future careers after graduation. 

“I’m mainly just here to kind of see what jobs are out there after my college experience,” Webb said. “My main thing is [to] get myself out there [and] see what careers I might possibly be interested in and learn what careers I could go into.” 

Hanna Wales is a senior who attended the Expo and said she is hoping to “look for a career.” 

“I’m hoping to gain insight on where to get jobs and look into my future and invest in it,” Wales said. “I really looked into my resume, made sure it was all up to my standard and I really wanted to make sure I was prepared.” 

Aidan Routzon is another senior who attended the Expo. Routzon is a business administration major with a concentration in operations and business analytics, and an ethics minor.

“I was messaging with one of the recruiters on LinkedIn, and I have been for the past couple of months. Multiple companies I had been in contact with said they were going to be here,” Routzon said. “It felt like a good networking opportunity, and to kind of get an idea of what I maybe want to do next year. I updated my resume and went through a practice elevator pitch, you know, talking to yourself, that kind of thing.” 

The next Career Center event, BizCareers in Outdoor, Apparel and Sustainability, is scheduled for Nov. 7 in Lillis Hall.