Welcome & Introductions

In my second year of university, I took a Geography class that I thought would be an easy A. I was wrong, it involved way more work than I expected, the teacher was a perfectionist that asked the most from their students, and to top it off it was a subject I took as an elective. I was not happy with my decision to say the least, but I ended up sticking with it and learned a lot about myself as a result. I learned that even in an unfavorable situation I can make the most of what's in front of me and that I should never assume the path to success is going to be an easy one.

How about you? What is the most eye-opening class you have taken while at university?


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Matt Plodzien
Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications
Beta Gamma Sigma
St. Louis, MO
mplodzien@betagammasigma.org
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In my second year I took a Physical Education course (Ice Skating) that was taught by Ron Mason (coach of the college's hockey team at the time). 

A friend of mine and I had skated most of our lives and figured (no pun intended) this would be a relaxing and easy A. 

To start things off, Mason asked us all to skate from one end of the rink to the other.  He said he wanted to properly assign us to groups that would allow us to "get the most out of the class". 

Well, I don't have to say much more than that Phil (my friend) and I skated very quickly (end to end) and found out (once the class began) why Ron Mason was one of the most successful coaches in NCAA ice hockey history. 

Never worked so hard, and learned so much, in my life.   

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Ken Kranz
Michigan State University
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