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Georgia HOBY Newsletter:

Sixty-Second Edition, April 18, 2016

Featured Alumnus: Ross Sheppard '06

The HOBY Snowball Effect:

Sparing the details of exactly how this occurred, the abridged version of my story is that HOBY helped craft the self-confidence in my own leadership skills that I later used to succeed in college (inside and outside the classroom). Equally important, HOBY provided me with a network of other high achieving students my age from across the state, none of whom I would have had the opportunity to meet during high school, but many of whom have become not only a major part of my academic and professional network, but also some of my closest friends. 

When nervously awaiting the decision of my first Junior Staff application, I had not even given thought to a leadership role within HOBY. Those guys were so cool and so grown-up. Well now, I don’t know if I've achieved the cool factor (maybe someone from the current Junior Staff can weigh on in that in the next blog post) but I have definitely grown up. I'm now in my second year as Director of Operations at the Southeast seminar, which is hosted at my alma mater, Georgia College. I'm consistently struck with realizations and reminders that HOBY is to thank for much of the personal success that I achieved in college, which I'm now leveraging to contribute to success in my current role at HOBY.

In summary, HOBY helped give me the tools I needed to succeed, and the resulting success has allowed me to help HOBY continue to succeed.  I'm honored now to have the opportunity to facilitate that same cycle for whoever the next group of HOBY Ambassadors are that go on to lead this great organization. Who knows…it could be you!

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