Research and Development Center

MICHELLE

Hometown: Illinois City, IL (yes, it DOES exist…) 

Major / Minor: Marketing

Extracurricular Activities @ U of I: Business Council, Illinois Student Senate, College of Business Senior Legacy Campaign, International Illini and a social sorority

Favorite Class @ U of I:  BA 445:  Small Business Consulting. Students get great experience working with a small business within the greater C-U community and function nearly identical to the way a consulting team within an actual firm would.

Hobbies: Dreaming about traveling the world, Illini Football and anything related to it, studying entrepreneurship and writing business plans, fitness classes, golf, tennis, softball, etc. And constantly trying to create more time in my day.

Favorite Quote: “I am what I am.”

Hero/Role Model:  My grandfather

Favorite Restaurant in C-U: My best friend’s kitchen (he’s Italian…)

Favorite Music: Everything. Seriously.

Favorite Movies: Garden State, Big Fish and Moulin Rouge

Favorite TV Shows: Illinois Journeys (on Big Ten Network, Tuesdays at 9. I strongly recommend it)….aside from that the only other TV I watch regularly is The Today Show

Best college advice:  1. No regrets 2. Remove the word “cannot” from your vocabulary 3. Study Abroad – multiple times if possible

Project Work @ RC: Currently I am doing various projects for the Consumer Research Division of Strategic Resources on the qualitative side. In the past I worked with the Global Business Analysis Division doing Competitor Research.

What brought you to the RC? The real experience portion of the offer is what got me. This certainly is not your average college job.

Best thing about working at the RC: The people!

Most surprising thing you’ve learned about State Farm: The multitude of opportunities available under that State Farm umbrella.