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Brandon Gover

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My life goals are to get a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a minor in philosophy and a master's degree from a seminary in theology. I am considering a doctorate degree in theology/philosophy once I get my master's. I am hoping to work in the Christian church as a pastor, be a seminary professor, write theology/philosophy books, or start my own religious non-profit organization. I love reading books and reading all kinds of books. I have spent the money that I have left from paying for school on books. I have around 300 that I own at the moment that I have read or am currently reading through one by one. I work at a Chick-Fil-A in my town. I have worked there for a little over three years. I intern at my church and am the director of the middle school youth group at one of our campuses. I have volunteered for years but recently took the interning job. I am receiving experience for what I am hoping to do in the future. I am overseeing a budget that I get to use for my campus, volunteers, and students (that being the business side and the reason I am getting a business degree) and I teach the students. So with this internship, I am receiving training, knowledge, and experience in the job field I am striving to go into.

Education

Bakersfield College

Associate's degree program
2020 - 2022
  • Majors:
    • Business Administration, Management and Operations

Miscellaneous

  • Desired degree level:

    Master's degree program

  • Graduate schools of interest:

  • Transfer schools of interest:

  • Majors of interest:

  • Not planning to go to medical school

    • Career

    • Dream career field:

      Religion

    • Dream career goals:

      Non-profit Leader/Company Founder

    • Middle School Intern and Director of Olive Drive Campus

      Valley Baptist Church
      2022 – Present3 years

    • I was a Front on House and Back of house team member providing great food and customer service

      Chick-Fil-A
      2018 – Present7 years

    • Installed flooring and roofing, framing, concrete, painting

      Residential Construction
      2020 – 20211 year

    Sports

    Golf

    Intramural
    2022 – Present3 years

    Baseball

    Intramural
    2013 – 20141 year

    Arts

    • Calvary Bible Church

      Acting
      No
      2011 – 2011

    Public services

    • Volunteering

      Valley Baptist Church — I worked with kids, helped hand out food donation, 6 mission trips (2 in country and 4 out of country
      2016 – Present

    Future Interests

    Volunteering

    Philanthropy

    Entrepreneurship

    Bold Financial Literacy Scholarship
    I find it very important to check my accounts and banking/credit apps regularly to make sure that my accounts or cards were not stolen.
    Bold Relaxation Scholarship
    When I am wanting to relax I will read a book, take a nap, listen to quiet music, read my bible, or go and play golf. Playing golf is probably the most relaxing thing I do. I will put on instrumental music and just be by myself for hours on the course just thinking about nothing and giving my mind a break. I am not very good but it relaxes me.
    Arthur and Elana Panos Scholarship
    My relationship with God is the most important thing to me. I have been a Christian since I was 5 years old and my faith has been my own since then. God has helped me by overcoming temptations and struggles with pornography. He has helped me overcome that so that I have been free for 2 years. My faith will help me in my career because I want to be a Pastor. I am pursuing a bachelor's degree in business administration (I am halfway done with it) and a master's degree in theology from seminary once I complete my bachelor's. I am desiring to use my business degree to aid me in the business side of the church; running the church, acquiring teams of other pastors, staff members, and volunteers, leading meetings, handling finances, payroll, and all the other business aspects of running a 501(c) (3) charitable organization or a church. I will use my seminary degree to help lead my church with biblical theology. My relationship with God will help me through this because without Him I would be able to accomplish none of this.
    Michael Rudometkin Memorial Scholarship
    I embody selflessness by denying myself in certain situations so that others can have a better choice. I have been on four mission trips outside of the United States. I have been to Ireland, Moldova, the Philippines, and Lebanon. While I was in Ireland I worked in impoverished areas with kids and played soccer with them, in Moldova I worked in a few different villages bringing food/supplies to the poor in the village and sharing Christ with them, in the Philippines I went to an elementary school and our team provided food/supplies, and in Lebanon I worked with Pakistani refugee children providing aid and sharing Jesus. I paid for most of these trips with my own money. I embodied selflessness because I went on my own time, paid my own money, and served people less fortunate than myself.
    Sloane Stephens Doc & Glo Scholarship
    I am a very loving and forgiving person. I do not harbor grudges easily. I feel that having this quality will help me in my life journey because my career goal is a Pastor and working with people is what being a pastor is about. Being loving, approachable, and quick to forgive will greatly help my journey in life.
    Youssef University’s College Life Scholarship
    I would use it to pay for my classes in the fall of 2022 at Grand Canyon University. I will be attending online and with the program, you take one 7-week class one after another and you finish at the same rate as someone only doing semester by semester. The classes are paid for class by class and each class is $1500-$1800 so this scholarship would help by cutting the cost of the class so that I could pay the other half myself.
    Pro-Life Advocates Scholarship
    My pro-life position originates from my Christian background and relationship with Jesus. I am 20 years old and have been a Christian for 15 years. I hold to a firm pro-life position because life is infinitely valuable because we are made in the image of God (Genesis 1:26) and because God is the giver of life. I advocate for the life of the unborn at work. I talk with people about their beliefs and present them with a biblical worldview and God's view of life and then bring in the science that backs up that a fetus is a life. Around 85% of girls that get ultrasounds decide to keep their babies instead of aborting them. I recently toured a non-profit Christian pregnancy center in my town that provides ultrasounds, supplies, and classes for both mother and father of the child to learn and grow. I intern at my church and teach a middle school Sunday school class and frequently the life of the unborn in lessons. Just recently I taught a lesson on murder and I advocated the life of the unborn in the lesson and presented the students what the bible said about life and what our culture says about life. I support the life of the unborn because they need a voice that will stand in the gap for them.
    Lo Easton's “Wrong Answers Only” Scholarship
    I don't deserve this scholarship because I have a sugar daddy who gives me money for pictures of my knee caps. I hope to never go to college because I want to be happy. I hope to offer scholarships with the money that I earn from my sugar daddy to whales so that they can afford to go to aquariums so that they can achieve their greatest career hopes. I have never overcome obstacles because I am a walking red flag and people have to overcome me because I am the obstacle.
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