{"id":3532,"date":"2016-04-11T14:00:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T21:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/?p=3532"},"modified":"2016-04-01T10:40:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T17:40:31","slug":"focus-on-ecampus-erin-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/2016\/04\/11\/focus-on-ecampus-erin-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus on ECampus – Erin Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ErinBrown.jpg\"<\/a>Happy Spring! Today we highlight <\/em>Erin Brown, <\/strong>distance student and chemistry major with a keen interest in the pharmaceutical industry. <\/em><\/p>\n

Tell us about yourself. What degree are you working towards at Kettering? What are your career goals?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi, my name is Erin Brown.\u00a0 I’m from Livonia, Michigan and I am currently a Chemistry major at Kettering University in Flint, MI.\u00a0 At Kettering, the students are required to attend classes for 3 months and then rotate to a co-op job for 3 months, rotating back and forth until graduation.\u00a0 My first co-op position was with a pharmaceutical company called Perrigo, which is one of the largest over-the-counter medication manufacturers in the U.S.\u00a0 I worked there for 3 rotations as an analyst in the Cleaning Method Development & Validation group.\u00a0 The work fascinated me, and my experiences at Perrigo completely shaped my future.\u00a0 After graduating Kettering with a B.S. in Chemistry, I plan to either attend pharmacy school or pursue a PhD in Analytical Chemistry.\u00a0 The best part about obtaining a chemistry degree is that there are so many career possibilities!\u00a0 With either of those graduate degrees, I could work in the pharmaceutical industry.<\/p>\n

How did you find out about our chemistry program?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I discovered the online program at OSU after browsing through the Kettering website.\u00a0 CH-332 at OSU was the only approved online organic chemistry II course that Kettering approved, and I’m so glad that was the case!<\/p>\n

What did you like most, or least, about CH 332 online?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I had such a rewarding experience in Dr. Myles’s course.\u00a0 The class is extremely organized and clear.\u00a0 The online lectures and podcasts clarified concepts from the textbook and helped me stay on track with the material.\u00a0 Dr. Myles is extremely knowledgeable, and he does an excellent job of making difficult material simple to understand.\u00a0 His need-to-know sheets and review lectures made preparing for the midterm and final exams so much more efficient.\u00a0 For students interested in possibly taking an online chemistry class through OSU, I strongly encourage you to do so!<\/p>\n

What do you like to do in your spare time? Any tricks to relieve school stress? <\/em><\/strong>J<\/strong><\/p>\n

In my spare time, I love to paint, make crafts, do yoga, or go swimming.\u00a0 All of these things are therapeutic for me and relieve stress.\u00a0 Another way I keep stress levels down is by keeping track of things in a planner.\u00a0 Whether it’s a traditional class or an online class, time management is of the utmost importance.\u00a0 While taking CH-332, I made a calendar and jotted down when I would like to have things finished and when things were officially due.\u00a0 Then whenever I checked the calendar, I knew what to accomplish that week.\u00a0 This kept me on track and prevented me from getting too overwhelmed.<\/p>\n

Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us today, Erin! Best of luck in your future plans!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy Spring! Today we highlight Erin Brown, distance student and chemistry major with a keen interest in the pharmaceutical industry. Tell us about yourself. What degree are you working towards at Kettering? What are your career goals? Hi, my name is Erin Brown.\u00a0 I’m from Livonia, Michigan and I am currently a Chemistry major at… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3656,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1235744,1235745],"tags":[208370,187090,208280],"class_list":["post-3532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-extended-campus","category-focus-on-ecampus","tag-erin-brown","tag-extended-campus","tag-focus-on-ecampus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3534,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3532\/revisions\/3534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}