[[File:MT.jpg|thumb]]'''Joined UIF:''' Fall 2015 '''Undergrad:''' William Jewell College '''Grad School:''' University of Arkansas '''What I do now:''' Operations Analyst at Farmer's Fridge '''Contact Info:''' macy.tush@gmail.com Macy is a sophomore physics student earned her bachelors degree in Mathematics and Physics at William Jewell Collegein Kansas City, MO. She After undergrad and a quick stint as a backpacking guide in Colorado she landed at the University of Arkansas where she completed her Master's degree in Industrial Engineering. Now, Macy works as an Operations Analyst at a startup in Chicago, called Farmer's Fridge. Farmer's Fridge is planning on attending engineering school after tech/food startup with the mission of making health food as easy to find as a candy bar. In her time at William Jewell to study civil engineering. On campus , Macy is was involved in the Society a number of Physics Studentsactivities such as residence life, her sorority greek life (Zeta Tau Alpha ), honors societies, and of course UIF! Macy's interest in undergrad led her to doing research in both physics and residence lifemathematics. She[[File:Macy Tushworked under Dr. Patrick Bunton studying optical imaging of flow instabilities using fluorescence and Schlieren imaging during her sophomore and junior years.JPG]] learned During her fourth year, she was able to love physics in high school when work under Dr. Azadeh Rafizadeh proving a teacher showed her how knowledge generalization of physics can change the worldNewton-Girard formula. Since then Working under such supportive and thoughtful professors was a big motivator for Macy to attend graduate school. She attended the University of Arkansas, where she has grown studied Industrial Engineering. While at the U of A, she worked closely with the McMillon Innovation studio, the student led innovation hub on campus. She led workshops on ambiguous problem solving, creating inclusive communities, and worked as a mentor for student design teams. Serving as a UIF was one of Macy's favorite parts of her college experience. She was able to love STEM educationwork on a number of projects with her team during her three years as an on-campus fellow. After high school In her first year, she took attended regional meetups, co-hosted a gap UIFresh workshop for first year to travel to Phnom Penhstudents, Cambodia and Windhoek, Namibiaco-hosted a one-day design competition. Through During her travels second year, she discovered helped host a passion regional meetup at her institution, worked with administration to host workshops for aiding to developing nations in obtaining basic needs such visiting students and their families, recruited a new cohort of fellows, served as fooda Fab at the 2017 annual silicon valley meetup, water and sheltercreated an annual student town hall summit. After college In her last year, she hopes created a student celebration campaign, created and maintained an advisory panel, and recruited another cohort of fellows. '''Feel free to reach out to work in the water purification industry aiding in the clean water initiative in developing nations. When she isn’t studying Macy enjoys hammockingabout:''' Hosting design thinking workshops, planning or attending regional meet-ups, recruiting new cohorts, creating inclusive environments, celebrating students, increasing event attendance, statistics, running, and a good cup the latest book you read, or the hit reality tv show Survivor. ====William Jewell College==== [[William Jewell College|William_Jewell_College]] ===Some of coffee. my favorite uifwiki pages: === [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jonathan_Cook Jonathan Cook] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/How_and_why_you_should_organize_a_%27Free_Hugs%27_event_to_kickoff_the_school_year Free Hugs] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Dorm_Room_Fund Dorm Room Fund] [[Category:Student Contributors]]