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Business, Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship

51³Ô¹ÏÍø graduate Aysia Kemp

Exploring Her Options Led to the Perfect Career

When 51³Ô¹ÏÍø alumna Aysia Kemp declared her major in the first semester of her sophomore year, she felt confident in her chosen path. However, things didn’t quite start off that way. Kemp credits her experiences in the Exploratory Program for leading her to her ideal career.

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51³Ô¹ÏÍø alumnus Michael Parker

Alumnus Making Tire Production Safer and More Efficient

Michael Parker’s decision to study mechatronics at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø was driven by his lifelong curiosity for intricate mechanical systems and understanding how they work

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Dexter Shreve, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø alumna

Hands-on Learning, Real-World Success

Unsure of what he wanted to do in life when he first came to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, it was the hands-on learning experiences he had in his degree program that led Dexter Shreve to becoming a business owner.

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Evan Schumann, right, with his wife Marisa Sergi-Schumann

Hands-on Experience Leads to Entrepreneurial Success

As an entrepreneurship major at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, Schumann learned operations, production and finance in the classroom and gained on-the-job experience working with an entrepreneur in Cleveland.  In 2020, Schumann of Chagrin Falls gained the opportunity to put his 51³Ô¹ÏÍø education to work when he and his wife Marisa Sergi-Schumann acquired L’uva Bella Winery and Brands, a company that the Sergi family started more than 15 years ago.  

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Sonia Karkare

How The Backspace Key Taught a Global Digital Leader to Learn, Correct and Move Forward 

After 27 years of travel and pivoting to various international endeavors, Sonia Karkare, a native of Mumbai, India, is now back at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø as an adjunct professor with the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Executive MBA (Master of Business Administration) program. She is teaching diverse types of courses, including the Digital Transformation in Healthcare course.

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