Mary Gill - Chunchub. Ala. Stacy Glover - E.:ts! P(."Qril , Ill. Michelle Goff - Gastonia. N.C. Nathan Golightly - Amarillo. Texas Jonathan Gorham - Worcester. M:w. Students struggle with changing their majors College involved many decisions, and one decision every student had to make was what [0 major in. Some srudents came to college knowing exactly what they wanted to do, while others shifted from subject to subj ect unt il they found the one they tho ught fit them. Senior Brad Irwin switched majorsmore times than he could remember, and he still was not sure if he had fou nd the right one. Irwin started his freshman year as a business administration major. "I had no idea what 1 wanted to do, so I picked business admi nistra tion . It didn' t rea lly matter much because all I did was take general education courses," he said. He soon reali zed that business administration was not for him and began searching for a new major. "I had 500 things going on in my head that I wanted to do, and I couldn 't decide . I came rea lly close to going in[O international business," he said. His desire to go into international business dwindled when he discovered it woul d take him an extra yea r to graduate due to fo re ign language requirements. "I knew tha t 1 wanted to go into business, but I didn 't know what 1 wanted to do specifica ll y. I began searching, and marketing sort of found me, " Irwin said. While the majo rs Irwin considered all involved business, mher students made more drastic changes. Since he was 14, sophomoreJohn Anthony Renwick wanted to study graphic design. "I chose graphic design when I was still in high school , and I only chose it because that was the area where 1 thought I could make the most Luke Gower - We,,! Monroe, 1..:1. Melissa Gower - Monroe. lao Annie Graham - Heber Spring:., Ark. Heather Gray - Keller. Tens Daniel Green - Goodlell:;ville. Tenn. ~ 146 People Graduate student Leedy Smith talks with her advisor, Dr. Dee Carson about her schedule. Advisors helped students throughout the year with their career plans. Photo by Kristi Burns. money," Renwick said. His stint as a graphic designe r only lasted three semeste rs befo re Renwick felt a need to go in to something diffe rent. "I had lost my enthusiasm, and my work had become halfhearted . 1 knew that I wanted to do something diffe rent with my life," he sa id. After he made the decision to go into graphic design at 14, Renwick had become a Christi an. "I knew there was more to just money in a job now. I have always been a people-oriented person, and I set out in search of a major that would allow me to use that," he said. Renwick 's search took him th rough the area of social work , but he chose to major in Bible . Junior Amanda Jones has changed her major three times and thinks she has finally fou nd the right major for her. "I started out with a biology major but I hated the classes. I tried elementary education but 1 still was not enjoying those classes. 1 am now majoring in public re lat ions and 1 rea lly enjoy it. " For Jones, Renwick and Irwin, the road [0 finding their specific major was a long and winding path that eventually led them to where they believed God wanted them to be. - Scott Loftis
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