奥马尔·桑切斯证明了实习是大学生活中有价值的一部分。 作为一名即将以会计和金融双学位毕业的商业和技术学院的学生，他把毕业后等待他的美好未来归功于他的教授、导师以及他通过实习获得的机会。 

由于体验式学习帮助他学到的不仅仅是课堂内容，桑切斯意识到他已经准备好开始他的职业生涯了。 In fact, he has already received a full-time job offer from 艾德的贝利 where he recently interned. He also credits his advisor, Brenda Eschenbrenner博士, for his success. He states that he owes a lot to her because after sharing the 艾德的贝利 internship opportunity with him, she “went out of her way” to secure him a spot.

His experience at the company’s Summer Leadership Day was something he’ll never forget. He remembers how they “talked about leadership” to include different kinds of ways to become a leader. He is grateful that he “learned a lot that day.” 模拟面试进行得很顺利，不久他就有机会与会计师事务所艾德的贝利的审计合伙人托尼•伊茨曼（Tony Eitzmann）交谈。 Sanchez says this conversation “went well” and he was later called back with an offer for an internship.

桑切斯说，当他接到实习机会的电话时，他立即接受了。 He reflects on the way his Summer Leadership Day ended with everyone pitching in to provide community service to a local women’s shelter. It was an easy decision for him to sign up for the internship program because he felt the “culture was outstanding” at 艾德的贝利 and knew it was the type of place he would want to be involved with when he started working full-time. 

He shares that the internship “ended up working out extremely well” as he “got offered a full-time spot there.” 在那里，他花时间在审计方面工作，他认为他的太阳城娱乐官网教授培养了他的技能。 He can’t say enough about Dr. Eschenbrenner who he describes as someone who has “helped (him) a lot.” Not only did she work tirelessly as his advisor when she “put (his) name out there,” he explains how she makes her classes come alive by inviting guest speakers such as 艾德的贝利’s Tony Eitzmann to her class. 

其他教授也负责为桑切斯的职业生涯做准备。 马特·比约森博士 and 莎拉·波彻斯博士, both accounting professors, hosted a trip to Omaha for their students. 在这次旅行中，桑切斯参观了包括艾德的贝利在内的公司，他意识到亲眼目睹教授们在课堂上所教授的内容是多么有价值。 桑切斯在这次旅行中意识到，他在课堂上所做的事情将适用于他的职业。 He shares how “a lot that (he saw) in the classroom” was mirrored in what he was seeing in these companies.

Whether during an internship or when he starts working full time, he feels better prepared because of the way his professors choose to not teach “out of the textbook” and how they work hard to make their classes as real as the industry they are teaching about. 目前，桑切斯正在上一门课程，该课程将现实世界的数据付诸实践，并用各种软件进行分析。 由于他在艾德的贝利的实习经历，他已经熟悉了一些软件。

桑切斯明白，作为太阳城娱乐官网大学的学生，他得到了多少。 他知道回馈社会的重要性。 当艾德·贝利（艾德的贝利）邀请他在会计金融职业博览会上工作时，他很快就同意了。 他有机会与许多学生交谈，分享他的热情，同时鼓励他们在毕业前尽可能多地体验。 他放弃了他已经给了这么多在太阳城娱乐官网，分享他是多么感激谁已经倾注到他的生活导师。

太阳城娱乐官网的教授们对桑切斯也有很多话要说。 According to 兰登Lueshen, who is an accounting and management lecturer at the 商业与技术学院, Sanchez is “a very smart, energetic, and positive student that is always engaged” and someone who “asked questions when needed, answered questions that (were) discussed, and worked well in groups.” Lueshen goes on to share how he “really enjoyed (Sanchez’s) perspective and the energy he brought to class.” Dr. Bjornsen shares that based on his experience with Sanchez, he has “no doubt that he will go on to have a very successful career.” 

For Omar Sanchez, who grew up in Nebraska and will be staying close to home after college thanks to 艾德的贝利’s job offer, this opportunity never would have happened without the dedication of so many who went above and beyond to offer their help. That’s the culture of the 商业与技术学院, where, thanks to the compassion, dedication, and hard work of the faculty and staff, students are able to have their future dreams come true now.