My name is Meagan Mikolas, I am 22 years old and am born and raised in Scio, OR. My priorities are my education goals, spending time with loved ones, and creating art that will make people smile. I am earning my Business Administration degree at Linn-Benton, and I am currently dually enrolled with OSU. I plan to start taking classes at OSU by Fall Term 2026, in the meantime I am taking BA223, BA211Z, and Oceanography to fulfill my last science requirement!

I have resided in Stayton, OR in my very first apartment and take about 75% of classes online due to the long commute. Online classes have helped me succeed tremendously, starting my junior year of high school, I went online due to COVID, and I have never looked back. The ability to be independent and responsible for my own duties has helped me grow tremendously as a student.

When I am not working on my education I am working on my upcoming small business "Mae's Cards and Decor, where I create greeting cards and decor out of dried flowers.

BA223 sparked my interest because I believe I will be able to learn a multitude of things that will not only help me move forward in my classes but also help me in my small business. I foresee myself learning how to identify my audience so I am reaching the people who are interested in my work and those who can simply support my socials grow. By learning the different marketing techniques and how to plan them I will be able to grow my business and take this knowledge with me to my future business classes. One of my main goals is to learn how to market my items in the most efficient way, which being on social media and not! I have a lot of confidence that this class will do just that, with just the very first assignment I already have a new technique I can incorporate into my small business and even my personal life. I am extremely interested to see how many things I learn and think "wow I can’t believe I didn't think of that, I am definitely using it!"