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Hello all! My name is Nicole Ingalls and I'm getting my BIS in Organizational Studies. It's an online degree that focuses on multiple perspectives of an organization. I always had a hard time focusing on one area because so many different things interest me so this degree has given me the ability to look at how businesses operate from various points of view. I am doing my applied study at an organization called Teach for America, a non-profit that aims to end educational inequity. What I'm hoping to learn academically is how to integrate what I've learned from school into the workplace and personally I would like to see, first hand, where my strengths lie. I feel like I have certain assumptions about what may strengths and weaknesses may be but being in that environment will really put that to the test. So far it has been a slow start though. I have been learning a bit about the organization and each person's responsibilities. I work directly with the Manager of Operations, and we have begun talks of an office audit that will determine what the staff does during their time in the office. After graduation I would like to find a job with a non-profit. I am hopeful that the skills I acquire from this applied study will give me the confidence I need when I apply for my first job. I haven't done enough work at the site yet to know if this is the work I would like to do when I graduate however I do like the organization and what they stand for. Believing in an organization's mission is very important for me.