The eldest child of eight, Cary Baldwin, a junior from Utah studying business management – marketing, said, “I think management in general is all about using information to make decisions. You don’t necessarily know how to do the math, you just have to understand what it represents to make a good decision.”What made you decide to study this major?“I’ve always been interested in business. I’m kind of good at it. I competed in FBLA in high school, and I ended up doing really good in the state of Utah and went to nationals in Florida. I guess that means I’m good at it. I just always enjoyed the professional environment and talking about money, finance, and accounting.”What makes your major unique?“I think business is universal. You can use it in anything you do. You need these skills to relate to people.”What do you want to do with it?“I don’t have any official plan of what I want to do, but I’d love to work for a marketing firm. There is one called Anthology in Honolulu. They do a lot of work for companies here: Bank of Hawaii, Hawaiian Airlines, American Saving Bank. You could work for Bank of Hawaii in their marketing department, but working for a marketing firm would give you a lot more experience. I like always having to come up with new ideas. I like learning about different companies all the time. I’d love to do something in marketing for sure, but anything in business would be fine.”Favorite Class?“I really like my Intro to Graphic Design class. I think graphic design and marketing are really, really related. In marketing there’s the branding aspect, which I really like, and the analytical part of finding your demographic, too, which I find really interesting. I also like PJ Rogers’ sales and consumer marketing class. It was a great class. I learned a lot, and I think him as a professor made it interesting.”Describe a typical day“I’m up early, because business classes always seem to start at 7:30 a.m. I have three or four classes every day. Then I work at the SLAS office as the public relations specialists, but pretty much I work with the design team. We make the posters, the website, and we are working on our new mobile app, OrgSync. Then I always have homework. Trying to find something to eat is a task for me. I always have to watch my YouTube videos and check my Instagram before I go to sleep.”Number of people in the major“About 450 students are majoring in business management, and 81 are in the marketing track. There are 87 students in the supply chain track, 42 in human resource, and 60 in finance,” according to academic advisor Martha Christensen.Time spent in a day“At least 4 hours in classes and 3 hours in homework everyday. Most business classes are lectures.”Pros“I think presentations are valuable. I don’t necessarily like doing them, but you learn a lot. The finance classes you have to take are really valuable, personally for your life and also your job. You learn all about budgets, assets, liabilities and equity. They are important. I’ve learned a lot about how to manage my own finances from these classes.”Cons“Statistics. I wish we didn’t have to take it, but it is required for all business majors. It is my least favorite class.”
Writer: Samone Yuen
