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Portrait of Brianna Jefferson

Honor Society® member

Brianna Jefferson

Retail Sales Associate at BELK 1000 Turtle Creek Dr Unit A-1 Hattiesburg, MS 39402

  • University of Southern Mississippi
  • nurse practitioner
  • Class of 2023
  • Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Member since April 2020

About

My name is Brianna Jefferson and I am currently attending the University of Southern Mississippi. I graduated from South Pike High School in May of 2019. I am working very hard to achieve my goal as becoming a nurse practitioner. It is in my heart to become a nurse practitioner because I've always felt the need to help people. It warms my heart to see these wonderful people put a beautiful smile on their face. As of right now, I am a sales associate at Belk. My job is to assist my customers with any help they may need and make their visit to Belk a meaningful memory. I have been working for this company since October of 2019 and plan on working there until I achieve my bachelor's degree in nursing. After I've achieved my bachelor's degree, I have plans to attend graduate school until I get my nurse practitioner license. As far as school, I have a GPA of 3.359. I have all A's and B's and two C's. My C's are in human A&P 1 and English 2. The reason I received that grade was because I was struggling from taking these courses online as result of the pandemic. I am not an online person so my grade in those two classes started to drop a little because I was not very comfortable with the information that my teachers were distributing. Now that I have gotten a little more comfortable with online classes, I plan on achieving all A's for my courses this upcoming semester. I strive for excellent grades because I want to have a higher chance of getting accepted into the nursing program.

Education

  • University of Southern Mississippi

    bachelor of science in nursing

    2019 – 2023

Honors and awards

  • Lamar W. Powell Scholar

    Based on my academics and GPA, I was chosen through The University of Southern Mississippi to receive a $1,500 scholarship to help pay for my college tuition. A previous graduate of the university was willing to grant me $1,500 to go towards my tuition.

  • Jubilee Scholar

    Based on my academics and GPA, I was chosen through The University of Southern Mississippi to receive a $1,500 scholarship to help pay for my college tuition. A previous graduate of the university was willing to grant me $1,500 to go towards my tuition.

  • Eagles CARES Act Grant

    In response to the COVID-19, The University of Southern Mississippi granted me $1,200 to help pay off my outstanding tuition.

  • Pike County Chambers of Commerce

    This scholarship was to help give an incoming college freshman a push start into school.

Goals and interests

Career goal

During this present year, I am taking the prerequisite courses to be able to apply to nursing school. If God says the same, I plan on being admitted to the nursing program for the fall of 2021. After two years of nursing school, I plan on receiving my bachelors degree in nursing in the year 2023. As of right now, I want to work for the state of Louisiana, preferably in Slidell. Once I have gotten comfortable with working, I plan on attending graduate school to work towards my masters degree and later work towards nurse practitioner.

Graduate school interests

When I achieve my bachelors degree in nursing, I am planning on attending graduate school and get my master's in nursing.

Experience

  • Retail Sales Associate

    BELK 1000 Turtle Creek Dr Unit A-1 Hattiesburg, MS 39402

    Oct 2019 – Aug 2020

  • cashier

    Piccadilly

    Jan 2019 – Aug 2019

Volunteering

  • I volunteered for Salvation Army twice for the month of December. I rang the bell in front of our local shopping mall and at the entrance of our Walmart. I rang the bell to encourage others to make a donation to Salvation Army. Salvation Army would then take the money and feed and supply the homeless.

    Salvation Army

    Dec 2018

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced