The Scots Science Scholars

My name is Jordan Thomas and I am an incoming senior here at Maryville College. During my freshman year, I declared myself as a Mathematics major. Throughout these past few years, it has been the most rewarding and challenging decision I have made. With a degree in Mathematics, I plan on becoming an actuary after graduation, and I had the wonderful opportunity this summer to intern at a Fortune 500 company in its actuarial firm.

What I am looking forward to the most about S3 is getting to know the incoming freshmen and help make their transition to college as smooth as possible. When I was a freshman, I remember it was hard to find a healthy balance between school life, work life, and social life, and I want to be able to provide direction and guidance when needed.

To get to know a little more about myself, my hobbies include bartending, fishing, occasionally plowing fields on the weekend, watching reruns of the Andy Griffith show, and losing all my money in Blackjack.

My name is Henry Daniels and I am a Junior at Maryville College.  I am pursuing a degree in mathematics with minors in statistics and biology. I am a Scots Science Scholar as well as a Bonner Scholar so I devote a large part of my time to service work at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Alcoa. I am also on the Student Programming Executive Board as the Marketing Co-chair. You can also expect to see me in Organismal Biology Lab as I will be a laboratory assistant. Currently, I am a data analyst intern for the Great Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont, but I am also working on a research project concerning scaling of colleges. What I most look forward to in the S³ program is guiding the new Scot Science Scholars in their endeavors to become successful Maryville College students, but also I’m excited about the cheese lab. I love cheese!