Eagles Eye 2017

Reflection on My Summer
2015
Olivia Schwan
“God is so good. This summer, he’s decided
to include me in his Mazatlán, Mexico
story, and I could not be more grateful.
I’m currently interning with Back2Back
Ministries, a global organization dedicated
to holistic orphan care and addressing
each child’s spiritual, physical, social,
emotional, and educational needs. On a
day to day level, my time is split between
leading work projects at the homes and
spending time with these kids. But on
a larger scale, my job is to listen to the
Lord and be obedient to him until each
and every orphaned child knows they
are loved by a Father who loves better
than anything we know on earth. While
interning here is amazing, it doesn’t happen
without a solid team of supporters
or the people who connected me with
Back2Back in the first place. The first
time I ever heard about this organization
was in my 7th grade history class
at CHCA with Steve McCollum, who is
now with Back2Back staff. Watching his
enthusiasm about tackling the orphan
crisis around the globe as a 13-year-old
rocked my world, and that’s a huge reason
why I’m in Mazatlan this summer. I
could talk about this great ministry all
day long, so if you’re interested in getting
involved, talking with me about it,
or more information feel free to read
my Mazatlán blog at www.oliviaschwan.
wix.com/mazatlan or email me at olivia.
schwan@gmail.com. Keep your prayers
for these kids coming!”
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ALUMNI NOTES >>
Molly McBrayer worked this past summer
as an inventory planning intern at Takeda
Pharmaceutical in Chicago, Illinois. This
role will allow her to further develop her
understanding of supply chain logistics. As
a junior at Miami University, she will spend
the fall semester abroad in the Netherlands
at Maastricht University. She hopes to
have the opportunity to travel throughout
Europe and gain a more global perspective
of both business and culture.
2016
Zachary Bell just completed his first year at
Miami University. He is working for Baker
Concrete in IT Support to grasp the large
company view of this field.
50 Vince Colyer completed his first year at
the University of South Carolina where he
is pursuing a degree in Business. He spent
his summer as a merchandising intern for
FC Cincinnati.
Erik Kohlan completed his first year at
Miami University where he is studying
Marketing.
51 Johnny Noyen will be starting his
second year at Miami University where he is
pursuing a major in Finance from the Farmer
School of Business. He is also enjoying
being a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity there.
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Phil Ochs just completed his first year at
University of Cincinnati College of Music
where he is studying Commercial Music
Production.
Chazz Powell enjoyed her first year at
Washington University in St. Louis where
she was very involved on campus through
her business fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi,
and being a campus tour guide. This year
she is enjoying being a peer mentor as well.
This summer she interned at a PR firm,
FleishmanHillard, at their headquarters in
downtown St. Louis.
52 Kat Williams is a sophomore at Denison
University majoring in Health and Exercise
Sports Science with a concentration in pre
med while also continuing her athletic career
in basketball. She spent the summer as an
intern with Joe Lucas and Adam Atallah ‘07
at CHCA as an athletic trainer while also
interning at Mercy Hospital with a Physician
Assistant specializing in sports orthopedics.
Her goal is to get into PA grad school and
become a sports orthopedic surgery PA.
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