Friday, September 14, 2012

Whooo Whooos that New Guy?


Hello to all!

My name is Michael Schreffler, Mike for short, Schreff if you get to know me! 

I am honored to announce that I am the new Career Services internet assistant!

Here is a little background info about myself!

I grew up in a suburb, 25 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio called Twinsburg. Interesting enough this small town holds a world record. But for what you might ask?

The Twins Day festival! This started in 1976 with only 36 sets of twins but has grown to be the world’s largest annual gathering of twins with approximately 3,000 sets attending each year. The weekend of events attracts twins, multiples and their families from all over the world, many returning year after year.

At a young age I was thrived for activities that would provide me with high levels of adrenalin such as Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Skim boarding, BMX, Motocross and much more! Only problem was I lived in a suburb division where there wasn’t much space for any of that to take place.

So I began spending my time on something that I found extremely interesting, Computers! I have been using a computer since I can remember; my first computer classes were in 1st and 2nd grade.

I went on to join the school band in 5th grade and chose the drums as my new passion. I got my first drum kit summer before 7th grade, which I still treasure to this day. During middle school I was a part of school band and the jazz band. Outside of school, I began trying to put together my own musical groups but there seemed to be a lack of musical talent where I came from.

 

I got my driving license when I was 16, so that meant I had to get a job to pay for gas and insurance. At that point reality set in! Life was not all fun and games any more. 

 

Junior year of high school I decided to attend Cuyahoga Valley Career Center to study Computer programming and software development. I wanted to really understand what the computer industry was all about. After one year of what seemed like programming boot camp, I came to the conclusion that I understood programming basics and developing concepts and decided to switch into a senior only program, which was Marketing Technology.

 

Before I knew it I was sending my transcripts to colleges throughout Ohio to see where I would fit in the best.

 

I chose to travel 4 hours south to the University of Cincinnati. Figuring it was the furthest I could get away in Ohio and still be considered in state.

For the next 7 quarters I studied computer support, day in and day out. My hard work had paid off, resulting in my first college diploma!

Associates degree of Applied Business in Computer Support Technology!

Right before graduation, there was a lot of commotion about a semester conversion, not only at the University of Cincinnati, but all throughout the state of Ohio. I began to ponder my education options due to the fact that all my credits hours were on a quarter schedule.

Not sure if anyone knows the conversion equation for this predicament, it goes as follows…
Semester Units = Quarter Units / 1.5
Quarter Units = Semester Units x 1.5

The math just didn’t make sense to me! Why would divide my 104 credit hours by 1.5?
Why would I got to a semester schedule college and be limited to taking 25 credit hours a year verses going to a quarter schedule college and being able to take 40 credit hours a year? Again the numbers were still not making sense.

Now what? I asked myself, after I moved back into my mother’s basement following graduation.

I googled and googled until I found a new degree program at a new school that was still on a quarter schedule!

HOOT!

Oregon Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology specifically the Business and Systems Analysis option! Owl that’s a mouth full!

So I told my mom I was gearing up to head to Oregon!

After an eye opening cross country road trip, I am thrilled to have landed at OIT’s Klamath Falls campus.
I am extremely excited to have the privilege to be providing students with information about career services!

So let’s get ready for a great 2012-2013 school year!

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