Penn State student gives back to the campus that inspired him

Nick 米勒 has a new project that he hopes will have a powerful impact on the students from 十大网赌靠谱网址平台; the campus that had a powerful impact on him.

米勒, a finance major who was a student at 十大网赌靠谱网址平台 for two years and is now at 斯麦商学院 on Penn State's University Park campus, is in the process of beginning the 瓦里基奥-米勒教育基金会, 其目标是提供高达1美元的奖学金,000 to 十大网赌靠谱网址平台 students to use to study abroad. 目前, he has applied to become a limited liability company through 宾西法尼亚 and also is considering to apply for nonprofit designation at a later date.

米勒 has already worked with various organizations to provide learning experiences to students. His most recent work was with the Giraffe Center in Nairobi, Kenya in eastern Africa. He connected with the center online and was able to sponsor 47 奖学金 for local school students. The 奖学金 provided the opportunity for the students to learn about a wide variety of topics, 包括节能, 当地野生动物与教育. They also learned about the high volume of traffic due to tourism and how these countries have to work to protect their land from being destroyed.

米勒’s inspiration came from his time at 十大网赌靠谱网址平台 when he attended two study abroad programs. 第一年的时候, he went on a study abroad trip to Peru; during his second year he traveled with a group from the Lehigh Valley campus to the Netherlands. 这些都是他生命中的关键时刻. He strongly believes in study abroad and has visited 37 countries since then through his own personal travel.

“International travel opens your eyes to different cultures and ways of living. 它绝对能帮助你成长为一个人，”米勒说.

米勒 wants every student to have the opportunity to go on a trip abroad, 这为他提供了成长和学习的机会. It is also the friendships and personal relationships he cultivated at the Lehigh Valley campus that inspired him to set up a foundation that will help the students of 十大网赌靠谱网址平台.

“There are a lot of different ways of benefiting from traveling, whether that’s the adventures you go on or the bonds you make with complete strangers. Most of my close friends at Penn State are students I have traveled with at some point,” he said.

The foundation is currently funded by the money 米勒 earned through his six internships to date, including his current summer position at JP Morgan in Manhattan, along with the investing that he has done since high school.

米勒 had previously founded two businesses: Golden Lion International, and TeraDrones, LLC. 他的公司TeraDrones, LLC was the recipient of a grant from Lehigh Valley LaunchBox, 十大网赌靠谱网址平台's business accelerator program for budding entrepreneurs.

“My experience at PSU-LV was great…I’ve taken a lot from the campus. I took advantage of the close connections that you have with the professors at a smaller campus,米勒说。. “I valued my time there and also the time that those professors gave to me, so I wanted to give back.”

十大网赌靠谱网址平台 professors such as Sandy Kile, 传播艺术与科学讲师, 还有迈克·克拉萨, 市场营销和管理讲师, helped 米勒 immensely during his time at the Lehigh Valley campus. He wants to do the same for students who will be entering the campus long after he has left.

米勒 will work closely with the campus development office on creating a fund to support those students who wish to study abroad.