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Portrait of Andrea Derksen

Honor Society® member

Andrea Derksen

Workforce Specialist III at Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

  • Rose State College
  • Business Management
  • Class of 2017
  • Choctaw, Oklahoma

Member since April 2016

About

I enjoy the challenges of school and learning. I work hard to maintain good grades so I can show my two young daughters that a good education is possible. I will be the first in my family to graduate college.

Education

  • Rose State College

    Business Management

    2015 – 2017

Honors and awards

  • Phi Theta Kappa

    Honor Society

  • Honor Society

    Honor Society

Goals and interests

Career goal

I would like to continue my employment for the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and move into management. I have worked for them for the past five years and am a Workforce Specialist III.

Graduate school interests

I will be getting my undergraduate in Business Administration and would like to pursue Social Service studies for my grad school. I plan to remain with the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and will use my Social Services training to volunteer with the women's crisis services in Oklahoma.

Outside the classroom

Volunteering, Gardening, Sewing, Crafts

Experience

  • Workforce Specialist III

    Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

    Mar 2011 – May 2016

Volunteering

  • Volunteer

    Regional Food Bank

    Sep 2015 – May 2016

  • 12 Step Sponsor

    Old Homestead

    Feb 2013 – May 2016

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced

Additional information