From time to time, we like to showcase a new SNC grad who’s entered the workplace or grad school. Success stories like these are pretty common. In fact, 93 percent of SNC's Class of 2023 alumni who responded to a survey said they were employed, in grad school or doing service work within nine months of graduating.

Hometown: West Bend, Wis.
Degree program: Bachelor of Arts in math and economics
Plans after graduation: Sydney has joined West Bend Mutual Insurance as a personal lines rating configuration specialist.

Where did the desire to double-major in math and economics come from?

I was initially a chemistry major and wanted to be an anesthesiologist. I did some job shadows and liked it, but in my first year, I took a Calculus Two class with Dr. Bosko-Dunbar and absolutely loved it. So, I figured I’d talk to some different advisors about my options. They encouraged me to just take a couple more math classes and see where that would take me. And I loved every math class I took. It was difficult, a lot of hours, but I really enjoyed it.

But I didn’t want to just do math; I liked exploring the story behind things. My advisor Dr. Laubacher told me to try an economics class and I immediately fell in love with that as well. He was a big mentor for me, taking into consideration the classes I really enjoyed and the type of work I liked to do. He gave me a lot of resources and different connections to make to find the path that I am on now.