Sloane Womac is a senior marketing and risk management and insurance student from Cumming, Georgia, and is a member of the Brock Scholars program. She is also involved in student government association and serves as a Samford Ambassador.
How has Brock Scholars shaped your education and your future career?
Throughout my time in the Brock Scholars program, I have been able to build deeper and more meaningful relationships with my professors and pursue more specific areas I am interested in studying. The flexibility offered by the Brock Scholars Program has enabled me to expand what I am learning as I obtain my degree and has offered more access to unique experiences outside of the classroom.
The Brock Scholars program has shaped my education and future career by creating more opportunities to enrich my degree and learning throughout my undergraduate studies. My education is tailored to my specific interests and is preparing me for a career that I am eager to pursue. I am also able to incorporate more of my interests outside of the business school combine them with what I am learning in my business curriculum. This flexibility expands the skills I will be able to offer to a company as I start my career.
My experience has allowed me to pursue fields that would not usually be put together in a general business degree. I am so grateful for the enriching opportunities and the way my learning has been enhanced through the Brock Scholars program!
What is the focus of your senior thesis?
My senior thesis is a formation of a conceptual model focusing on how our faith is continuously shaped through self-leadership strategies during a crisis. My senior thesis will show how crisis can also improve a person’s leadership qualities in the adaptable leadership style. I have enjoyed exploring more about how our independent faith-based actions such as reading Scripture and prayer shifts over time and has an impact on our leadership abilities and qualities.
What inspired your research?
During this past summer, I was able to travel to Rwanda with the Brock Scholars program and assisted Kate McCombs, assistant professor of management, in assessing the students’ self-leadership abilities throughout their time in the Isomo Academy. I was inspired by the student experiences at the Isomo Academy along with the historical impacts from the Rwandan genocide. The analysis of the book “Left to Tell” by Immaculée Ilibagiza was also a strong influence for the lens in which we view crisis through faith.
Valuable advice you'd like to share about your time as a Brock Scholar?
Don’t be afraid to try something new or take on a new challenge! This program allows you to take a wide-variety of classes that enrich your learning and provides experiences that shape you beyond the classroom. This program has pushed me to be the best student I can be and challenged the way I think for the better.
