Student Spotlight: The Travel Junkie
J. Scott Perry '11
BBA in Accounting, BBA in Business Honors
BA in Spanish Language
International Business Certificate
Jeffrey Scott Perry, Jr. (aka Scott) was born in Dallas, TX; however, he has lived in many parts of Texas including McKinney, Lubbock and New Braunfels from where he graduated high school. His top interests are music, reading, and outdoors activities. His favorite books include Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Scott has recently become interested in many adventure activities; specifically kayaking, hiking, and rock climbing.Being the adventurous man that he is, he has a great passion for travelling.
True to his nature - his most proud accomplishment is with the organization called Global Business Brigades. Through this organization, Scott has traveled twice to Panama to work on small-scale consulting projects with a developing business in an indigenous region of the country.
Scott enjoys traveling anywhere and everywhere when the opportunity arises. It all began the summer after his freshman year of college; Scott took his first trip abroad on a 4-week volunteer trip to Costa Rica. This trip merely plagued him with the “travel bug” and since then he has not stopped travelling. The next summer he spent 7 weeks in Western Europe, where he backpacked for 2 weeks through 8 different countries, followed by a 5-week study abroad in Barcelona, Spain studying business practices within the European Union. The following October he was able to attend the U.S.-China Relations Conference in Beijing, China as a delegate for Texas A&M University which was an incredibly valuable and unusual experience. As mentioned earlier, in January and August of 2010, he was able to travel to Panama with Global Business Brigades. Finally, throughout the summer of 2010 he was able to experience even more of central and South America through a 5-week accounting internship in the Dominican Republic followed by 6 weeks of backpacking through Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru.
What’s in the future for Scott? This summer he will be interning at Bain & Company as an associate consultant intern. He will spend the fall 2011 semester styudying abroad in either Spain or Argentina in order to complete his Spanish degree coursework. Upon graduation, Scott plans on working in the consulting field for several years to gain a solid network of contacts, some practical problem-solving skills for business topics, and some work experience to take into whatever field he chooses to pursue following his consulting years. Eventually, he wants to work in the field of international development, whether it is with a nonprofit, the government, or some other organization/business focused on economic and development issues throughout the United States and the world. He has also considered a few alternatives after graduation including the Peace Corps, Language Corps or some other program to solidify his Spanish by allowing him to work abroad for a while.
Interested in travelling abroad like Scott? A good place to begin looking is the Study Abroad Programs Office. Global Business Brigades is a great opportunity to travel abroad and help business in other countries grow and become successful. Also see if there are any travel opportunities in the organizations you are involved in. Or visit Student Activities to find organizations that are globally focused. In Business Honors, we take many trips around the country - such as Seattle, Detroit, San Francisco and Las Vegas. This fall semester we'll be traveling outside of the country to visit Montreal, Canada.