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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