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One great advantage that you will have as my employer is my educational background. I am a graduate of Delta State University, with two commercial aviation degrees. The latest is a Master of Commercial Aviation, which I completed in one year with a 4.0 GPA. This program is offered entirely online, and focusses mostly on academic aspects of aviation management.
My first degree is the Bachelor of Commercial Aviation, Flight Operations Major. This flight-oriented program helped to provide a broad aviation knowledge base, ranging from pure topics like human factors and engine operations, to more advanced modern issues in the aviation industry including the realm of aviation safety and the general principles of transportation. Most of my initial flight training was integrated with this program. I also taken quite a few math classes, so I have experience with many math topics ranging from Calculus to Number Theory. Even though I took all of these extra classes, I still graduated first in my class; not just for the aviation department, but for the entire University.
What about life before college? In high school I was able to attend a program for 11th and 12th grade called the Mississippi School for Math and Science. This school is a publicly funded residential magnet school. Once chosen to attend, I was able to take all kinds of fun classes including calculus, calculus based physics (mechanics, electricity and magnetism), microbiology, chemistry, and plenty of others. Of course, these classes were all in addition to the normal state graduation requirements of English, history, art, and even more others.
The bottom line is that I have shown that I am responsible enough to get up in the morning and go to class, and to complete assignments and follow directions. Isn't that the biggest part of what college is all about? While these may seem like simple goals, keep in mind that I have been able to complete them with such incredible consistency that over 4 years I maintained a 100% excellent approval rating in the form of a perfect grade point average.
There's more to school than classes
One of the more difficult stereotypes to overcome is that my 4.0 GPA means that classes were my only priority. To the contrary, I also found several opportunities with extra curricular activities. Here is a complete summary:
Student Organizations
DSU Flight Team (1999-2001, 2002-2003)
Advisor, Coach, and Competitor 2003
Team Captain 2000-2001
DSU Student Government Association
2002-2003 Technology Resources Chairman (cabinet position)
2002-2003 Student reperesentative on the search committee for the Dean of Business College
2000-2001 Student Senate, Academic Affairs Committee
1999-2000 Student Senate
Alpha Eta Rho (professional aviation fraternity)
Women in Aviation International (charter member of DSU chapter)
Fall 1999 Residence Hall Council, Bond-Carpenter Dormitory
1999 State-wide President of Mu Alpha Theta in Mississippi (planned a conference for 1200 eager high school math enthusiasts)
2000-2001 Member of the Mathematical Association of America
Aircraft Owners and Pilot's Association member since 1999
Experimental Aircraft Association since 2003
Academy of Model Aeronautics member since 1995
What about awards and honors?
DSU Flight Team:
2003 SAFECON, Hosted by the University of North Dakota
2nd Place, Men's Achievement Award
6th Place CRM/LOFT event, Pilot Flying
DSU Team Coach, Advisor, and Competitor
2002 Region IV SAFECON, Hosted by Delta State
2002 Region IV SAFECON President; fearless leader of the planning committee for the event
AND (in the same event)
2nd Place Computer Accuracy
2nd Place Short Field Landing Event
6th Place Navigation
8th Place Aircraft Identification
2 way tie for 4th Place in the Top Pilot ranking (individual scores)
2000-2001 Team Captain
2000 Region IV:
4th Place, Short Field Landings
6th Place, Navigation Safety Observer
8th Place, Power off landings.
1999 Region IV Computer Accuracy, 9th Place
Academics:
5-2003 First Diploma issued for entire Delta State Graduating Class of 2003, 4.0 GPA
5-2003 Alpha Eta Rho Delta Psi Chapter Academic Achievement Award
10-2002 Joseph Frasca Excellence in Aviation Scholarship
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5-2001 Alpha Eta Rho Delta Psi Chapter Academic Achievement Award
2-2001 Invited to join Kappa Mu Epsilon (a national math honor society, based on academic performance)
Spring 2001 DSU President's List (GPA)
Fall 2001 DSU President's List (GPA)
10-2000 Invited to join Eta Mu Sigma (an aviation honor society)
5-2000 Invited to join Phi Eta Sigma (a freshmen achievement honor society)
Spring 2000 DSU President's List (GPA)
Fall 1999 DSU President's List (GPA)
8-1999 Air National Guard NCO Association Scholarship (two are awarded per year on a national level)
6-1999 Mississippi Air National Guard NCO Association Scholarship
5-1999 Meridian Air National Guard NCO Association Scholarship
2-1999 Achievement Award, Mississippi State University Physics Competition
1999 National Science Olympiad, Physics team at the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science
Service and Leadership
5-2001 DSU Flight Team Outstanding Service Award
5-2000 Invited to join Gamma Beta Phi Society (an honor society with emphasis on service and academics)
1999 Eagle Scout Award
Summary of Honor Societies:
Phi Kappa Phi (overall academics)
Omicron Delta Kappa (overall excellence)
Eta Mu Sigma (aviation academics)
Kappa Mu Epsilon (math)
Gamma Beta Phi (service and academics)
Phi Eta Sigma (freshman achievement)
A few others
5-2003 See above- NIFA Men's Achievement Award- 2nd Nation-wide
5-2001 2001 DSU Commercial Aviation Department Chairman's Award (one of these is given out each year)
6-2003 FAA Pilot Proficiency Award Program, Phase IV
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