当艾米丽·法利在太阳城娱乐官网大学科尔尼·洛珀分校开始她的最后一个学期时，她真的沉浸在了幻想中。 早在2018年，当她开始上商业课时，她从未想过未来会从事航空行业。 But then she “started to talk to some of the faculty” and “slowly got pulled in by the students” which helped her discover all that the aviation program had to offer. 大一结束时，她换了专业，找到了自己的爱好。 It’s a passion which has never left her.

As the years have passed, Emily’s “aviation classes were definitely challenging as far as pushing (her) out of her comfort zone.” 现在她是大四的学生，准备进入她的职业，她可以欣赏她所学到的一切。 Aware that pilots must be prepared for every possible scenario, she is grateful for classes that have taught her “to expect the unexpected.” 

As with all classes at 太阳城娱乐官网’s 商业与技术学院, the aviation course of study focuses on experiential learning. Whether it’s a technical class exploring the effects of weather and how aircraft systems work or a ground class for a particular stage of flying, the aviation program at 太阳城娱乐官网 offers students what they need to understand before they gain experience in the air. It’s this knowledge that they will refer to throughout their career no matter where their degree eventually takes them.

Emily credits 太阳城娱乐官网 for pushing her “in a good way” thanks to “access to an incredible amount of resources” that have been made available through the aviation program. Without scholarships, experiential learning, and opportunities to truly connect with people, she wouldn’t be where she is today. 如果她能回到过去，给大一的自己一条建议，她会提醒自己，在你现在的位置和你想要的位置之间，有一条线必须画出来。 她会分享太阳城娱乐官网提供一切学生需要制定计划。 

最近在银鹰航空公司的实习帮助艾米丽巩固了她的职业目标。 这家私人包机公司为她在太阳城娱乐官网上课期间已经点燃的飞行兴奋增添了燃料。 While working as an intern, she was able to speak “a lot with the chief pilots” who come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Keeping “very detailed, organized, and correct records” helped her see all parts of aviation. 她也跟着飞行，这帮助她获得了一个新的视角，因为她更多地了解了其他飞行员，这帮助她了解了为了追求她渴望的航空事业，她需要达到的水平。 

When asked where she sees herself in the future, Emily cheerfully answers that she hopes she’s still exploring her options. Through her experiences as a 太阳城娱乐官网 student as well as a Silverhawk intern, she’s excited about possible career paths which include becoming a flight instructor or working in charter/corporate operations. She knows she’s unique as just over five percent of pilots worldwide are female. She wants “to be able to experience many different parts of aviation” and credits her years at 太阳城娱乐官网 for her chance to make this dream a reality.

虽然她的第一次独自飞行很伤神，特别是当她看着她身边，看到她独自一人在驾驶舱时，她仍然喜欢那种刺激和航空世界中总是存在的许多挑战。 她明白，她的职业道路需要无限的学习。 知道总会有更多的体验帮助她保持对高水平飞行世界的兴奋。

Emily loves seeing things from different perspectives which she helps others experience as president of Alpha Eta Rho, 太阳城娱乐官网’s aviation fraternity. 当她最初成为主席时，兄弟会是不活跃的。 Through her efforts and those of the vice-president, it’s now a community where everyone shares and grows together. Considering the diverse career paths available to 太阳城娱乐官网 aviation students, the fraternity celebrates each member’s individual milestones. 艾米丽认为，作为阿尔法·埃塔·罗的主席，她的工作赋予了她宝贵的领导技能，并教会了她支持同龄人的价值。 

这种对领导力的关注是太阳城娱乐官网航空计划的主要原则之一。 If she could share anything about this program, Emily would want to spread the word about how “faculty and flight instructors want to push (students) out of (their) comfort zone” and how career readiness is achieved starting on the very first day of class through their focus on professionalism.

由于在空中度过了大量的时间，艾米丽已经经历了多次起飞的快感。 She is excited to “take the hard technical knowledge” she has learned in all her classes and put it to use as her aviation career takes off. 感谢她在太阳城娱乐官网所学到的一切，她期待着从她的课程到她未来作为一名飞行员的轻松过渡。 艾米丽·法利（Emily Farley）的同学和教授都在为她加油打气，她很感激自己的职业目标是无限的，就像她从塞斯纳（Cessna）的挡风玻璃上看到的广阔天空一样。