I mentioned in my blog post yesterday that in the afternoons last week I drove from Chicago to my hometown of Oswego to help coach a bowling clinic with my personal coach, Marty.
The clinic was for a group of high school girls and one boy who were interested to gain more knowledge and skill in bowling. There were four collegiate coaches there in addition to Marty.
It was a great experience helping these girls, and one boy, see the possibilities that bowling can give them. Not many people know that bowling can get them scholarships to college, and I take every opportunity I can to share my story.
To add to my already busy week last week, I had Friday off because I was flying to New Jersey for my best friend Jessica Worsley's wedding! Her big day was Saturday and it was held on the beach, which was beautiful.
It was a great event because I got to see some old teammates in addition to my current teammate, Martha (who was also in the wedding) and coaches Sharon and Vince Brummell.
It was really special that Martha and I were bridesmaids in the wedding, and I’m happy we could share that with Jessica. I had a great weekend and was really glad I could spend it with my family and some old friends.
Talk again soon!
-Kristina
GO HAWKS!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
My second week at MSSB
Hey, it’s Kristina again and my second week in Chicago was very busy. Interning at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has a lot of responsibilities and I am learning a lot of financial terms.
This past week, I made calls to the empowered women in Chicago that I researched previously and invited them to attend seminars talking about different questions they would have about the market, the dollar, and securities.
I also did some paperwork for clients and answered phone calls. One morning, I attended a prospect member breakfast for NAWBO, the National Association of Women Business Owners, with my boss, Hanna, to see if she wanted to join. The organization has a lot of beneficial materials, and I would be interested if I owned my own business.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Elliott and I would intern at MSSB from 7am to 11am and then drive from Chicago to my hometown, Oswego, to help coach a bowling clinic with my personal coach. I will talk about this more in a future blog post.
This is just a brief look at my busy week and I’ll try to update you again when I can!
- Kristina
GO HAWKS!
This past week, I made calls to the empowered women in Chicago that I researched previously and invited them to attend seminars talking about different questions they would have about the market, the dollar, and securities.
I also did some paperwork for clients and answered phone calls. One morning, I attended a prospect member breakfast for NAWBO, the National Association of Women Business Owners, with my boss, Hanna, to see if she wanted to join. The organization has a lot of beneficial materials, and I would be interested if I owned my own business.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Elliott and I would intern at MSSB from 7am to 11am and then drive from Chicago to my hometown, Oswego, to help coach a bowling clinic with my personal coach. I will talk about this more in a future blog post.
This is just a brief look at my busy week and I’ll try to update you again when I can!
- Kristina
GO HAWKS!
Monday, June 7, 2010
Summer Internships - Part I
My name is Kristina Frahm and I’m on the Women’s Bowling Team at UMES. We are the 2008 NCAA National Champions and I am proud to say I was a part of that team. I am from Oswego, IL and I am a pretty outgoing person. I am officially a senior (yayy!!) and I am majoring in Accounting.
I am a part of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), so I can be involved more with my team as well as athletics as a whole. We talk about different problems among the teams at UMES, and how those problems can be solved. We also do community service projects to help others in need, and branch outside of sports. It’s a great way to interact with other athletes and the athletic administration.
This summer, aside from practicing as much as possible, I was given the opportunity to be an intern at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB) in downtown Chicago. Being from a small town about an hour southwest of Chicago, I didn’t really know what to expect when I started working. My boyfriend, Elliott Alston, who plays baseball at UMES, also got the internship, so we decided to live with his mom in Chicago for the summer.
I have never really walked around downtown Chicago, so it’s quite an adventure learning my way around and not getting lost. I just finished my first official week of the internship and I am really enjoying it.
MSSB serves as financial advisors to numerous companies, governments, and investors around the world. For me, this week consisted primarily of the paperwork and getting settled in. I had to fill out and sign a lot of papers, as well as get a background check, and fingerprinted to only intern there. I got a log in and password with my own MSSB email. :-) Next week, I get an official badge that allows me to get into the building without an administrator and not as a guest.
Everyone there is really friendly and is willing to teach me anything I don’t understand. I’ve started learning about the different roles of a financial advisor and realized they work closely with clients. They are involved with the buying and selling of securities, as well as new investment strategies, and the monitoring of their investment portfolios. I haven’t been involved with any actual clients yet, but I did fill out paper that needed to be sent to them.
I am helping work on a project, which involves many of the empowered women among Chicago. Some of these women own their own businesses, make an impact on society or are involved in many different organizations. My boss wants to organize lunch-ins for networking among these women and informing them of the different investment opportunities they can be taking advantage of. I am really excited about the project and networking with these women.
That’s it for now! I will try and keep you updated when I can! Thanks for reading!
-Kristina
GO HAWKS!
I am a part of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), so I can be involved more with my team as well as athletics as a whole. We talk about different problems among the teams at UMES, and how those problems can be solved. We also do community service projects to help others in need, and branch outside of sports. It’s a great way to interact with other athletes and the athletic administration.
This summer, aside from practicing as much as possible, I was given the opportunity to be an intern at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB) in downtown Chicago. Being from a small town about an hour southwest of Chicago, I didn’t really know what to expect when I started working. My boyfriend, Elliott Alston, who plays baseball at UMES, also got the internship, so we decided to live with his mom in Chicago for the summer.
I have never really walked around downtown Chicago, so it’s quite an adventure learning my way around and not getting lost. I just finished my first official week of the internship and I am really enjoying it.
MSSB serves as financial advisors to numerous companies, governments, and investors around the world. For me, this week consisted primarily of the paperwork and getting settled in. I had to fill out and sign a lot of papers, as well as get a background check, and fingerprinted to only intern there. I got a log in and password with my own MSSB email. :-) Next week, I get an official badge that allows me to get into the building without an administrator and not as a guest.
Everyone there is really friendly and is willing to teach me anything I don’t understand. I’ve started learning about the different roles of a financial advisor and realized they work closely with clients. They are involved with the buying and selling of securities, as well as new investment strategies, and the monitoring of their investment portfolios. I haven’t been involved with any actual clients yet, but I did fill out paper that needed to be sent to them.
I am helping work on a project, which involves many of the empowered women among Chicago. Some of these women own their own businesses, make an impact on society or are involved in many different organizations. My boss wants to organize lunch-ins for networking among these women and informing them of the different investment opportunities they can be taking advantage of. I am really excited about the project and networking with these women.
That’s it for now! I will try and keep you updated when I can! Thanks for reading!
-Kristina
GO HAWKS!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Welcome!
With the success of the men's basketball blog (umesmensbasketball.blogspot.com), we have decided to begin a new blog dedicated to the UMES Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Throughout the summer we'll keep you updated on what student-athletes do in the "off-season." I say that in quotes because while they may not be competing, they are working hard in the weight room and practicing in their respective sports. Once the academic year begins, we'll have posts from the student-athletes and what they are doing in their SAAC meetings and events.
What is SAAC?
Almost every NCAA institution has a student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC) that is a committee made up of student-athletes assembled to provide insight on the student-athlete experience. The SAAC also offers input on the rules, regulations and polices that affect student-athletes' lives on NCAA member institution campuses.
History of NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
An association-wide SAAC was adopted at the 1989 NCAA convention and was formed primarily to review and offer student-athlete input on NCAA activities and proposed legislation that affected student-athlete welfare. The initial national committee was comprised of student-athlete from membership division for the purpose of ensuring that the student-athlete voice was one that accounted for the myriad of educational and athletics experience of both female and male student-athlete at all NCAA member institutions. In August 1997, the NCAA federated along divisional lines. The federation caused SAAC to expand to three SAACs representing NCAA division I, II, and III. Each national divisional committee is comprised of both female and male student-athletes charged with the responsibility of assisting in the review of NCAA proposed legislation and representing the voice of the student-athlete in the NCAA governance structure. This is accomplished by providing student-athlete input on issues related to student-athlete welfare that are division-specific.
The input of the respective division I, II, and III SAACs continues to be sought by a variety of constituencies within the association. Student-athlete committee members have the opportunity to speak with their respective NCAA Management Councils, and the Division II and III SAACs continue to speak to legislative issues on the NCAA convention floor.
Purpose of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
· Promote communication between athletics administration and student-athletes.
· Disseminate information.
· Provide feedback and insight into athletics department issues.
· Generate a student-athlete voice within the campus athletics department formulation of policies.
· Build a sense of community within the athletics program involving all athletics team.
· Solicit student-athlete responses to proposed conference and NCAA legislation.
· Organize community service efforts.
· Create a vehicle for student-athlete representation on campus-wide committees (e.g., student government).
· Promote a positive student-athlete image on campus.
We look forward to integrating this blog this summer and more-so in the upcoming 2010-11 academic season!
Throughout the summer we'll keep you updated on what student-athletes do in the "off-season." I say that in quotes because while they may not be competing, they are working hard in the weight room and practicing in their respective sports. Once the academic year begins, we'll have posts from the student-athletes and what they are doing in their SAAC meetings and events.
What is SAAC?
Almost every NCAA institution has a student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC) that is a committee made up of student-athletes assembled to provide insight on the student-athlete experience. The SAAC also offers input on the rules, regulations and polices that affect student-athletes' lives on NCAA member institution campuses.
History of NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
An association-wide SAAC was adopted at the 1989 NCAA convention and was formed primarily to review and offer student-athlete input on NCAA activities and proposed legislation that affected student-athlete welfare. The initial national committee was comprised of student-athlete from membership division for the purpose of ensuring that the student-athlete voice was one that accounted for the myriad of educational and athletics experience of both female and male student-athlete at all NCAA member institutions. In August 1997, the NCAA federated along divisional lines. The federation caused SAAC to expand to three SAACs representing NCAA division I, II, and III. Each national divisional committee is comprised of both female and male student-athletes charged with the responsibility of assisting in the review of NCAA proposed legislation and representing the voice of the student-athlete in the NCAA governance structure. This is accomplished by providing student-athlete input on issues related to student-athlete welfare that are division-specific.
The input of the respective division I, II, and III SAACs continues to be sought by a variety of constituencies within the association. Student-athlete committee members have the opportunity to speak with their respective NCAA Management Councils, and the Division II and III SAACs continue to speak to legislative issues on the NCAA convention floor.
Purpose of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
· Promote communication between athletics administration and student-athletes.
· Disseminate information.
· Provide feedback and insight into athletics department issues.
· Generate a student-athlete voice within the campus athletics department formulation of policies.
· Build a sense of community within the athletics program involving all athletics team.
· Solicit student-athlete responses to proposed conference and NCAA legislation.
· Organize community service efforts.
· Create a vehicle for student-athlete representation on campus-wide committees (e.g., student government).
· Promote a positive student-athlete image on campus.
We look forward to integrating this blog this summer and more-so in the upcoming 2010-11 academic season!
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