CEAT students attended National Prayer Breakfast with President Obama
Monday, March 7, 2016
(STILLWATER, Okla., March 7, 2016) – Daniel Anderson and Jacquelyn Lane from the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology (CEAT), together with Jonathan Anderson and Erik Williams from the Spears School of Business, were chosen as one of the 80 students to attend the National Prayer Breakfast led by President Barack Obama on Thursday February 4, 2016, in Washington, D.C.
The National Prayer Breakfast is an annual event held on the first Thursday of February in Washington, D.C. It is a series of meetings, luncheons and dinners, that brings together more than 3,200 of the political, social and business elite from all 50 U.S. states and 140 countries to assemble and build relationships. The National Prayer Breakfast tradition was started in 1953.
“I've heard some of the best speeches of my life and met some of the most incredible people,” says Jacquelyn Lane, chemical engineering pre-medical student. “I would definitely call the National Prayer Breakfast a success.”
All four students were nominated by John O’Connor, shareholder and chairman of the board of directors of Newton, O'Connor, Turner & Ketchum, who has been attending the National Prayer Breakfast every year since he was a student at Oklahoma State University. O’Connor and his wife Lucia meet with OSU students and help them build great relationships with their communities. They come to OSU at least once a semester to meet with students.
Students were able to meet with the most impactful people in the world and to gain valuable experience and relationships.
“Almost everyone at the National Prayer Breakfast was very successful and influential in their communities, but they still displayed incredible balance because they all recognize that there is more to life than accomplishment,” says Lane.
“I had the opportunity to network with influential Oklahomans, students from across the globe and people groups from all niches of life,” says Anderson, industrial engineering and management student.
All students were placed with scholars from other universities to get a chance to meet peers from schools from all over the world.
“I had three student roommates: a Liberian finance major student, a South African chemical engineer and a Hungarian mechanical engineer, who spoke four languages,” says Anderson. “I instantly became very close with all of these guys.”
National Prayer Breakfast is a great opportunity to bring together communities and people from many different backgrounds. This event gave CEAT students great opportunity to grow and be successful in their future lives and careers.
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