A.p.e. Buddy Lookbook 2014

ACE

Peer

Education

Name: Alex Liu

Major: Undeclared (will declare finance)

Hometown: Alamo, CA

Activities: Love to hang out with friends, play video games and sports (especially baseball),

watch movies and listen to music. Not really involved with any clubs (I want to change that this year).

Work Experience: Assistant to Athletics Accounting department

Helped the family business of running multiple apartment buildings

Dream internship & job: Front office job for the San Francisco Giants

Fun class they hope to take: History or classic classes

Favorite city in the world: San Francisco

Most frequented local restaurant: Ike's or Wicked Chicken

What they want to learn from their buddy: I want to learn what it takes to get through

school while participating in as many activities as possible to fully get the college experience. Also how to operate in the business world and go about being better at communicating with others.

Something exciting they did in the last year: Went to London and Edinburgh

Name: Carrick Young

Major: Finance

Hometown: San Jose, CA

Activities: Santa Clara Entrepreneur Organization, Sigma Pi Fraternity, Soccer

Work Experience: Hollister (Retail), Contextream (Technology Start-Up)

Dream internship & job: Goldman Sachs (Private Wealth Management) & Venture

Capitalist, Foreign Currency Trader, or running my Private Wealth Management company

Fun class they hope to take: Classes about investing and valuing businesses

Favorite city in the world: Santa Barbara

Most frequented local restaurant: Sushi Confidential

What they want to learn from their buddy: I want to learn things that they wish they

had done when they were my age going through Santa Clara

Something exciting they did in the last year: Went parasailing in Hawaii

Name: Chandler Gill

Major: Accounting

Hometown: Minneapolis

Activities: Tennis, golf

Work Experience: Intern at frontier bites and talenti gelato

Dream internship & job: Anything at Google or Deloitte

Fun class they hope to take: Pottery or dance classes

Favorite city in the world: Paris

Most frequented local restaurant: Four seasons pho

What they want to learn from their buddy: What classes to take, and how to fully

utilize the wonderful amenities provided by the scu business school!

Something exciting they did in the last year: Bungee jumping in Mexico!

Name: Charlene Shiao

Major: Accounting

Hometown: Fremont, CA

Activities: Playing/watching basketball, playing volleyball, lifting, dancing

Work Experience: summer accounting internship currently with Maier Richmond

Accountancy, small private accounting firm in San Jose

Dream internship & job: working in an accounting firm in the sports tax field (

taxes/wealth management for athletes)

Fun class they hope to take: hip hop/jazz dance

Favorite city in the world: Irvine, CA

Most frequented local restaurant: Prolific Oven

What they want to learn from their buddy: How to manage course schedule for CPA

requirements. How to balance school work with other activities. What is the experience like interning/working for Big 4. How ACE has impacted their career.

Something exciting they did in the last year: go on a tour in Europe

Name: Christine Kuhns

Major: Marketing

Hometown: Manhattan Beach, CA

Activities: Member of Alpha Phi Sorority-New Member Communication Team, Contemplative

Leadership and Sustainability Program, Employee at SCU HR Office. I like to stay very

active and be outdoors, I enjoy running, hiking, yoga, spin, and tennis. I also enjoy cooking, and you can constantly find me searching for new recipes or trying new restaurants.

Work Experience: Marketing Intern at iRhythm Technologies in San Francisco, Brand Ambassador

at Tilt, Staffing and Compensation Student Worker at SCU, Retail Associate at Grow, The Produce Shop

Dream internship & job: My dream internship would be working for Salesforce. As for my dream

job, I would love to work in Marketing, Advertising or Sales in San Francisco after graduation. I do not know yet which company is my ‘dream job’ but I hope to learn more this year in ACE.

Fun class they hope to take: Pilates, Acting for Non-Majors

Favorite city in the world: Barcelona, Spain

Most frequented local restaurant: Blowfish Sushi, breakfast foods

What they want to learn from their buddy: What they wish they had known during their time

at SCU? What are some classes they would recommend taking at SCU? What they hope to do after graduation?

Something exciting they did in the last year: I moved from LA to San Francisco for the

summer to work an internship at a Biotech Start-Up

Name: Grant Chou

Major: Business- Undeclared

Hometown: Los Altos, CA

Activities: Soccer, Volleyball, Sigma Pi, Possibly boxing club, Community Service,

Work Experience: Receptionist at Thomas Chou D.M.D, Shirt folder at Vastrm Polos,

Financial Representative at Northwestern Mutual

Dream internship & job: My dream internship or job would be working for the U.N. without

the corruption and better pay

Fun class they hope to take: Improv for non-acting majors

Favorite city in the world: San Francisco

Most frequented local restaurant: Chipotle

What they want to learn from their buddy: Things they regret doing or not doing

personally or professionally. Good pieces of advice or philosophies that they live by. What ACE leadership has taught them. What they want to do in the future or are doing as a career and why. Their hobbies and favorite things to do

Something exciting they did in the last year: I went to Brazil and watched a world cup

game!

Name: Jonathon Heinen

Major: Finance

Hometown: Pasadena, CA

Activities: Primarily worked through my first year.

Intramurals

Work Experience: Panera Bread

Adobe Lodge O'Reilly Public Relations Kellogg's Garden Products

Dream internship & job: Front office of Professional sport team

Fun class they hope to take: I am not entirely sure yet of what fun classes I would like to

take or what is offered by scu.

Favorite city in the world: Boston

Most frequented local restaurant: Sara's Kitchen

What they want to learn from their buddy: I want to learn from my senior buddy how

to make the most of ACE and the Leavey Business School in order to provide myself with the best opportunity to succeed.

Something exciting they did in the last year: Moved to a new city

Name: Kabir Budwal

Major: Finance

Hometown: San Jose

Activities: Biking

Work Experience: Technology Specialist at Budwal & Associates

Dream internship & job: Wall Street

Fun class they hope to take: Psychology, History of Hip Hop

Favorite city in the world: New York

Most frequented local restaurant: Iguanas

What they want to learn from their buddy: I want to learn what they wish they knew

when they were a sophomore.

Something exciting they did in the last year: Attended a wedding in England and

explored London.

Name: Kate Rogers

Major: Undeclared Business (leaning towards Accounting)

Hometown: Highlands Ranch, CO

Activities: Orientation Leader, member of Delta Gamma, member of SCCAP (Best Buddies

and Julian St. Inn)... I enjoy skiing, running, watching movies, shopping, reading, traveling, playing soccer

Work Experience: Orientation Leader, cashier at Bronco Corner Bookstore, tutor at Kumon

Learning Center, nanny

Dream internship & job: I'm not sure what position I would like to hold, but I would like to

work for a company like Disney or Nordstrom.

Fun class they hope to take: I think it would be interesting to take some psychology

courses. Also, if the school offers any cooking classes that would be very helpful and fun!

Favorite city in the world: London or Chicago

Most frequented local restaurant: Panera

What they want to learn from their buddy: I want to hear about their experience in the

ACE program, and any advice they are willing about to give about classes, majors, etc.

Something exciting they did in the last year: I went to Kauai, HI for Spring Break. We

went canoeing, hiking, swimming, snorkeling, and shopping.

Name: Katherine Oslund

Major: Finance

Hometown: Minneapolis

Activities: Peer advising for business school

Delta Gamma Fraternity

Work Experience: I worked for two different restaurants and for a garden center during my

high school years. I have an on-campus job at SCU working for Drahmann.

Dream internship & job: The Apple Finance Internship program and then after college the

Finance Rotational Program for Apple.

Fun class they hope to take: A psychology class or US government class.

Favorite city in the world: New York

Most frequented local restaurant: Ike's

What they want to learn from their buddy: I want to learn tips on searching for and

then attaining an internship/job. I would like to learn how to present myself in a professional interview as well. Also, it would be nice to learn how the ACE program has influenced their college experience.

Something exciting they did in the last year: I made it through my freshman year of

college, which I think is pretty exciting in itself. Other than that, I went to a week-long country music festival in Northern Minnesota.\

Name: Nicholas Vilter

Major: Finance

Hometown: Darien, CT

Activities: Rugby Club

Work Experience: Lifeguard for 3 Summers

Dream internship & job: Working at an upcoming startup, job in banking or investing

Fun class they hope to take: A music class

Favorite city in the world: New York City

Most frequented local restaurant: In and Out Burger

What they want to learn from their buddy: I want to learn more about different the

types of jobs and industries I could become a part of with my business major

Something exciting they did in the last year: This summer I went to Firefly Music

Festival in Delaware with my high school friends, and we camped out the four days and saw really awesome artists

Name: Roshan Rama

Major: Finance/Econ

Hometown: San Ramon, CA

Activities: Community Facilitator

Soccer Fan Ignatian Center AKPsi

Work Experience: Bagel Cashier

Soccer Ref Insurance Internship

Dream internship & job: Probably tech finance for the short term (apple, yahoo, etc;) but

after that I think I would like academia

Fun class they hope to take: Philosophy, especially ethics courses

Favorite city in the world: London

Most frequented local restaurant: Chipotle

What they want to learn from their buddy: General mentorship, approaching

professors for research assistant opportunities.

Something exciting they did in the last year: I went to Oakland over winter break and

Mumbai during August for immersion trips at SCU

Name: Sophia Avila

Major: Accounting and Information Systems. interested in Spanish minor

Hometown: South San Francisco

Activities: Triathlon Club (I love running!)

Leavey School of Business Peer Advisor Intramurals

Work Experience: Teacher's Assistant for summer school at my high school (2 summers)

SCU Library Student Assistant (spring quarter) SCU Conference Services Coordinator (this summer)

Dream internship & job: I would want to do contribute to something in the health or fitness

industry.

Fun class they hope to take: I want to take a mythology course but I am hoping to fulfill my

religion requirement.

Favorite city in the world: San Diego, CA

Most frequented local restaurant: El Chalateco

What they want to learn from their buddy: how to interview well (composure and

positively answering difficult questions) how to improve my resume

Something exciting they did in the last year: I ran a half marathon in February and am

doing one again in October.

Name: Stephen Montgomery

Major: Accounting

Hometown: Mission Viejo

Activities: Triathlon Club, Running, Christian Life Community (CLC)

Work Experience: Caterer at Jay’s catering

Dream internship & job: A CFO for a respectable company

Fun class they hope to take: Any history or philosophy class

Favorite city in the world: Irvine CA USA

Most frequented local restaurant: To be honest I don’t get out much, but when I do it’s

for Starbucks

What they want to learn from their buddy: I want to learn what it takes to succeed in

the business world and in SCU's business classes. I want to know how or where to look for internships and job opportunities. Finally I want to know what hiring companies are looking for the most in their employees.

Something exciting they did in the last year: Ran a marathon

Name: Taylor Beatty

Major: Accounting Information Systems

Hometown: Saratoga, CA

Activities: Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, Honors Program, SCCAP, played field hockey

and soccer in high school

Work Experience: Employee at Razzberry Lips, intern for Course Hero, current intern at

Cassidy Turley

Dream internship & job: Creating my own software company to replace Argus Valuation

DCF (real estate program)

Fun class they hope to take: Gender studies, On hands physics

Favorite city in the world: Chicago

Most frequented local restaurant: Sino

What they want to learn from their buddy: I want to learn how to get a good

job/internship, personal business skills, and how to best represent myself in business type situations

Something exciting they did in the last year: Traveled to Chile by myself!

Name: Vicky Yoo

Major: Undeclared. Leaning towards Finance or Marketing.

Hometown: Sacramento, CA. Originally from Incheon, South Korea.

Activities: Delta Sigma Pi, Photography, dining out, Asian Pacific Student Union, Retail

Studies Student Association, Shopping

Work Experience: Conference Services Coordinator for SCU, Nordstrom Rack Cashier

Dream internship & job: Apple corporate finance internship. Dream job: Corporate buyer

for Nordstrom or any big fashion company

Fun class they hope to take: Pilates (if we have one..), digital photography

Favorite city in the world: I loved Vancouver, Los Angeles, Seoul. Would love to go to

London and Italy.

Most frequented local restaurant: Power bowl, Gochi Japanese Tapas, T-Pumps

What they want to learn from their buddy: How to network in the most beneficial way,

good places to dine out, ways to travel smart, things to take advantage of on campus

Something exciting they did in the last year: Learning how to snowboard, hiked

mission peak for the first time, went ziplining in the forest, Color Run

Name: Walter Yu

Major: Accounting and Information Systems

Hometown: Fremont

Activities: Accounting Peer Advisor, Tennis, Soccer, Barkada, VSA, APSU

Work Experience: IT Intern at Wrike,

Key Club Treasurer, Intern at California State Assembly, Business Manager at Costanoan Yearbook

Dream internship & job: Intern at Big 4 Accounting Firm

Fun class they hope to take: Classes that talks about the world and the customs of

different countries

Favorite city in the world: Taipei

Most frequented local restaurant: Supertaco

What they want to learn from their buddy: Networking advice, guidance on what

classes I need to take for my major, advice for acquiring internship

Something exciting they did in the last year: Went to Disneyland over spring break

Name: Kawal Preet

Major: Undeclared (Most likely Finance)

Hometown: Santa Clara

Activities: LOVE watching crime shows / movies, romcoms

Football fan LEAD Intramural basketball SCCAP

Work Experience: www.linkedin.com/in/kpreet/

Dream internship & job: Finance Manager at 49ers

Fun class they hope to take: Photograpy

Fitness classes Graphic Design

Favorite city in the world: not sure...somewhere in Europe

Most frequented local restaurant: Chipotle

What they want to learn from their buddy: Learn more about internships, how to cope

with stress, how to balance personal and professional life, etc

Something exciting they did in the last year: Got a job at Levi Stadium. Played

intramural sports for the first time.

Name: Langston Williams

Major: Marketing

Hometown: Denver

Activities: Alpha Kappa Psi, LSB Peer Advisors, Psi Omega Business Consulting Igwebuike,

Intramural (Baseball and Basketball)

Work Experience: Interned at PricewaterhouseCoopers over the summer

Dream internship & job: Management Consulting or working at an Ad Agency

Fun class they hope to take: Sociology, Improv, Consumer Psychology

Favorite city in the world: Positano, Italy

Most frequented local restaurant: Chipotle

What they want to learn from their buddy: Anything and everything that can help me

develop personally and professionally

Something exciting they did in the last year: I went to Europe for a couple weeks.

Name: Vivian Stoneking

Major: Management

Hometown: Fremont

Activities: The Redwood Yearbook Staff

Work Experience: Student Assistant in the Office of Student Life and Office of

Undergraduate Studies, and a yearbook internship with sales reps from Herff Jones

Dream internship & job: HR internship at a cool company like Facebook or Google, Job

being a yearbook sales and service representative

Fun class they hope to take: History electives like Sex and the Family in the US, More

French courses, Econ course on Vocation, Theology of Marriage

Favorite city in the world: Don't Have One

Most frequented local restaurant: In-N-Out

What they want to learn from their buddy: Which classes and professors are

awesome, How to job search my senior year, How they decided upon their career

Something exciting they did in the last year: I organized a road trip to Vegas without

any adults.

Name: Ashley Do

Major: Finance

Hometown: San Jose

Activities: Barkada, CSA, APSU, Pre-Law, Volunteering, Asian American Center of Santa

Clara County, Supervisor Dave Cortese , Supervisor Cindy Chavez

Work Experience: San Jose City Hall: Intern for Councilmember

Jaurigue Law Group: Intern Hi-Tech Dental Care: Financial Intern Top Dental Care

Dream internship & job: Corporate Lawyer for a big business

Fun class they hope to take: Photography

Any type of art class

Favorite city in the world: New York

Most frequented local restaurant: Kotetsu

What they want to learn from their buddy: How it is like to intern for the corporate

world/what the corporate world is like; things to experience during college; how to prepare for life after college

Something exciting they did in the last year: Meet a lot of new people

Experience many different types of food Experience hidden treasures in neighboring Californian cities

Name: Erin Murphy

Major: Economics

Hometown: Sammamish, WA

Activities: CLASP

Center for Sustainability

Santa Clara University Trail Runners

Work Experience: Tae Kwon Do Instructor

Track and Cross Country Coach Camp Counselor Employee Engagement Intern for SCU's Center for Sustainability

Dream internship & job: Environmental Economist in Seattle

Fun class they hope to take: Black & White Photography

Labor Economics Sustainability in Business Business Psychology

Favorite city in the world: Seattle

Most frequented local restaurant: Pomegranate

What they want to learn from their buddy: How to utilize resources at SCU to be successful

Advice on career paths Guidance on how to get an internship

Something exciting they did in the last year: Saw my favorite band play 3 times and learned

to cook

Name: Ray Whelan

Major: Finance/ Economics

Hometown: San Mateo

Activities: Alpha Kappa Psi, Debate Team, Economics Association, ASG

Work Experience: This summer I worked at the Center for Science, Technology and Society on

campus as well as interning for Joint Venture Silicon Valley doing Economics Research. I have previously been a math tutor, done some part-time landscaping work, ad interned at my local Congresswoman's office.

Dream internship & job: McKinsey, management consulting

Fun class they hope to take: I am planning on taking a breadth of Finance and Economics classes

to allow myself to get a really thorough education in those fields. Outside of my major courses, I would like to be able to fit in some psychology, philosophy, and computer science courses, maybe even adding a compsci minor.

Favorite city in the world: London

Most frequented local restaurant: BJ's

What they want to learn from their buddy: I would like to learn anything I can regarding their

internship/ job search process, networking advice, what classes and professors they enjoyed and are worth taking, and any general knowledge they have from their college experience they could pass down.

Something exciting they did in the last year: I was a part of a group of SCU students who

were able to meet with the Dalai Lama during his visit to campus in February.

Name: Emily Qiuzi Lin

Major: Accounting and Information Systems

Hometown: Beijing, China

Activities: Travel, try out different food, watch TV shows, paint

Jogging, Swimming

DSP, Econ Association, CSA, International Club

Work Experience: Accountant intern - Top Auto International

Head Manager Assistant- Hilton Hotel

Dream internship & job: Intern at PwC; Dream Job: Own an art gallery

Fun class they hope to take: Sculpture, Theology of Marriage, and Dancing

Favorite city in the world: Beijing/Paris

Most frequented local restaurant: The Counter/ Chipotle

What they want to learn from their buddy: How they spend their 4 years at SCU, and what

was the most important factors that help them become who they are today. And their

recommendation on something I have to do while I'm at SCU.

Something exciting they did in the last year: Started learning cooking, and baked a cake

for my own birthday.