CELEBRATION OF SCHOLARS

In Her Own Words

April 2025

Pathway to Graduate School
By Tiana Gilliland, SOU Healthcare and Business Administration

“I am extremely thankful for the Wolf-Pizor Family Scholarship, which has greatly assisted me in continuing my studies at the SOU Honors College to pursue my bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration and business administration.

“I have become a Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement scholar. This program has helped guide me to attend graduate school for my master’s in healthcare administration. I have been accepted to several schools and am currently narrowing down where I am going to continue my studies. Here in Southern Oregon, I have started a new internship where I am at the Rogue Valley Manor helping assist both the Executive and Human Resources Departments.

“As Student Body President, I have been focusing on three initiatives to help the student body in areas of campus safety, housing, and food quality. On February 18, 2025, I gave a State of the University Address at the Rogue River Room in the SOU Stevenson Union to discuss the accomplishments of what the student government has done this academic year.

“Experience abroad: I have been accepted to be a part of the Global Innovation Scholars Program where I am working on a business project in connection to Guanajuato, Mexico. This summer I will be heading to Jamaica with the Democracy Project.

“Thank you AAUW Ashland for all your support–I am very appreciative of both the mentorship and guidance it has given me.”

Note: Tianna Gilliland was featured on SOU Giving as part of Honors College Leadership Series. With her background blend of Shasta Indian Nation, Powhatan, Cherokee, and Blackfoot ancestry, she has contributed to so many SOU programs.

(2nd Right) SOU Student Body President Tiana Gilliland stands with (left to right) student body officers; Chief Justice Daniel Entz, Vice-President Christopher Geryak, and Speaker of the Senate Cody Castillo.

Wanda Chin

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