Student Stories: Celebrating Our Class of 2020
Saloni Jain
Phi Kappa Phi Honoree | Class of 2020 | Finance and Business Analytics major
Every year, the ODU Chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi awards a scholarship to one student from each of the academic colleges and a distance learning student. Eligibility for the scholarship requires membership in PKP and a cumulative GPA of at least 3.75. The 2020 PKP Scholarship recipient from the Strome College of Business is Saloni Jain.
Tyler Harrell
Tanner Fellow | Class of 2020 | Business Management major
The spring 2020 semester began with all the usual challenges and excitement one would expect for any graduating senior. I do not think any of us could have expected or fully planned for the dramatic sequence of events that subsequently unfolded. This has truly been a trying semester for me with having to abruptly move off campus and transition to a completely online platform within a matter of days.
Jamayca "Jay" Madolid
Class of 2020 | Business Management major
Jamayca "Jay" Madolid, graduating magna cum laude from Old Dominion University with a bachelor's degree in business management and a minor in business analytics, has always been ambitious.
"From a very early age, I've been a self-starter," Madolid said. "I grew up in a home where it was valued and emphasized to get things done before being asked."
Her resumé is a testament to those values. Madolid, a Perry Honors College student and member of Phi Beta Sigma National Honors Society, is ranked in the top 10% of the Strome College of Business's graduating class.
Donna Krauss
Class of 2021 | Master in Public Administration
This was the semester I decided to take two classes. As a full-time local government employee balancing my time is a daily challenge, but as I approached the half-way mark through my program, I thought I can do this! Mid-way through the semester the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
Over these last six weeks, I have heard many people say we are all in this together and we are not alone, but it is not like that. We are all in the same storm, but not in the same boat. We each have our own perceptions and needs.
Glory Johnson
ODU Women's Lacrosse | Class of 2020 | Marketing major
Being a student athlete at Old Dominion University has taught me so many valuable life lessons, and it has been no different during this time of uncertainty in our world.
