Staff Spotlight: Jill Fisher

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Program Administrator

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Jill has a BA degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN with a double major in International Relations and Scandinavian Studies. As a student she has participated in three foreign exchange programs living in Finland, Israel and Denmark and as well as living in Slovenia for several months. She currently volunteers as a Rotary Youth Exchange country officer for Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. She has been working as the program administrator for BSME since it's inception in 2014. One of her favorite hobbies is improving her Danish language skills.

What is your favorite travel memory?

My favorite travel memory is the four weeks I spent living in Israel as a high school youth delegate. After all of these years I still remember the tastes, smells and sounds of this beautiful country and the feeling of being part of a group of students who were all experiencing something so life changing.

What do you believe to be the biggest factor in being a successful company?

A successful organization treats all of its employees as part of the team, listening to and considering input from everyone.

If you could go on any program that your company offers, which one would you choose and why?

If I were an undergraduate student now, I would definitely participate in BSME. The courses offered are rich with content not found in North American colleges.

Being young and living independently in the beautiful city of Budapest would be so positively life changing.

At the same time, I would be forming lifelong friendships with students from all over who have similar interests and goals.

What makes your company unique? When were you especially proud of your team?

What makes BSME unique is that it is one of the few opportunities available (possibly the only) for students studying mathematics education. BSME has really filled a void.

Our Budapest team has put together an amazing program that provides incredible experiences for our students. I believe we are growing a generation of future math teachers that could change the way mathematics is taught in the USA.