Student Spotlight: Alex Lewis
Why Non-Profit Management?
When I first came to UW-Whitewater as a freshman, like most of my peers, my degree was undeclared. I knew I had an interest in people, specifically how they internalize their environment, justify their worldview, and how this influences their relationships to others. I had a desire to understand people with backgrounds unlike my own. I started in psychology, dabbled in sociology and theology, and eventually fell into the business school. Now I am in my final year pursuing a major in general management.
Management offers job versatility across all industries, and yet, I am still unsure which direction this education will carry me. I was ecstatic when the course Foundations of Nonprofit & Nongovernmental Organizations became an option for my senior electives. To understand people, their needs, goals, and their own purpose of life is important to me. I want to help those individuals that otherwise might not have been given a chance to be heard, and I, in the meantime, will make the personal connections and experiences I would not find anywhere else.
The scope of the non-profit sector is vast, but wielding my education as my weapon, I hope to find my place in it.