Introduction Post

Hello, my name is Darien Hoskin and I am a student at Eastern Michigan University. Currently a senior I have started this blog for my Senior Seminar class in which I hope to become more knowledgeable and finally figure out what it is that I want after graduating. My major is Aviation Management Technology and I am due to graduate December 2016.

What originally got me interested in aviation is war history. All throughout middle school and high school history has been my favorite subject in school especially when learning about aviation in WW1 and WW2. As for a career choice I would say that my interest came from one of my friends Neal. As a senior at Thornton Township High School graduating seniors had a graduation requirement to choose a career field and shadow someone who was working in the chosen field then give a presentation for the class counselors. At the time I was interested in learning to fly helicopters so I went to Sun Aero Helicopters and was taught about flight and piloting by Neal for about 3 weeks. Since then I enrolled in Eastern Michigan University as a management student and am very happy with the choice I made.

There are a couple of ways that my future career choices could be affected and that is all dependent on where I go after commissioning as a 2LT in the Army. My hope is to continue my life in the National Guard and pursue a career in human resource management. My ultimate goal is to work for the Chicago Department of Aviation or become an operations supervisor at O’Hare or Midway. If there is a chance that I go active duty I will start working on my private pilot's license if money and time is available but continue with my main goals when I get out.

Topics that I would really be interested in for this class are human resource management, airport operations, and aircraft carrier operations.

Thanks for reading