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Deanna Crumm

Deanna Crumm

Marketing and Organizational Leadership

A Marketing and Organizational Leadership Senior, and a West Virginia native.

What impact do you hope to have at WVU in the future?
  • As many alum have given their time to speak with the WVU Women in Business student organization for panels and workshops, I aspire to do the same in the future. While a conversation does not seem like much, hearing from others who were in my shoes is uplifting. My network and confidence has grown, so I hope to positively impact the future leaders while they are students at WVU by giving back my time to speak at events put on within the Mountaineer community.
What is something you’ve failed or found difficult and overcame? What helped?
  • I am currently completing my minor in business data analytics offered within the Chambers College. These minor-related courses have pushed me outside of my comfort zone to learn and grow as a student, individual, and professional. To keep up and excel with the challenging coursework, I attended more office hours, communicated more often with my professors, and studied outside of class more than I have for any other classes because I want to understand the material in order to apply it in the future.
What would your graduation speech or TED Talk be about? 
  • In line with my dreams, I would speak about embracing the unknown. Mountaineers go first, so my speech or TED talk would convey a message of inspiration and importance to any audience. My dream started with traveling the country – which is still on my bucket list to visit all 50 states – but I limited myself with that dream. There is an entire world for me to explore with new people and places, so I urge others to take a look at their dream and make it bigger.