Audrey Oien, a native of Beaver Dam, Wis., earns her B.A. this week as a double major in Intelligence and National Security Studies and Language and Intercultural Studies with concentrations in Mandarin and Russian. With traveling and graduate school in her immediate future, Oilen reflected on her most significant memories at CCU.
“Some of my favorite classes at Coastal have been my language classes with Dr. [Nataliya] Alekseyenko, Dr. [Xinyi] Tan, and Dr. [Anna] Oldfield,” said Oien. “Some of my favorite memories have been made during my extracurricular activities, like the National Security Club and the Chanticleer Intelligence Brief.”
Oien emphasized that her experience at CCU spanned not only academic knowledge, but personal growth as well.
“Besides everything I learned in terms of my degree, I learned a lot about myself,” said Oien. “Managing challenging course loads, extracurriculars, and even being able to study abroad in China taught me what I’m capable of and expanded my limits.”
