Austin Schroeder, B.A. (2014) in Supply Chain Management and Minor in East Asian Languages & Culture: Chinese, now works as Strategic Supply Chain Manager at GARMIN Ltd.
Since graduating I have utilized the language skills to gain trust and build relationship with my suppliers and located throughout Taiwan and China. It has truly been one of the best skills I learned while in my time at KU.
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I graduated from KU in 2014 with a minor in EALC and a major in Supply Chain Management. I really enjoyed my time in the EALC program as it was something not a lot of other student were pursuing. However, it was during my college years of looking for internships that I knew my EALC experience would come be useful in my career. One of the main talking points recruiters wanted to discuss with me was my experience and knowledge from the EALC program. Since graduating I have utilized the language skills to gain trust and build relationship with my suppliers and located throughout Taiwan and China. It has truly been one of the best skills I learned while in my time at KU.