A Day in the Life of Chase Mizzell

The Student Body President shares his schedule: 19 hours, 11 meetings, 3 classes to study for every night

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7:00 a.m.
Every day I wake up and listen to worship music as I get ready for the day.

8 a.m. to 9:15a.m.
Eat breakfast with Urban Land Institute representatives. We had a meeting to discuss me speaking on behalf of the youth at the Midlands Reality Check Economic Development event.

10:00 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.
Take part in the ITology video shoot where they are promoting USC’s new applied computing program.

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Have a meeting with associate Vice President, Jerry Brewer.

12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Eat lunch with John Dozier, the Chief Diversity Officer.

1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Prepare the Cabinet for staff.

2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Meet with SC Future Minds about planning a book drive in competition with Clemson to raise funds for SC K-12 education.

2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Have a brief phone call with Ignite conference planners about the event that I am speaking at.

3:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Take part in a conference call with the National Campus Leadership Council at the White House/DC to discuss student loan debt.

4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Speak at an event occurring on the horseshoe.

4:40 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Go to my first class of the day which is “Life and Leadership” taught by professor Dean Lynn.

5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.
After class I call my family while I walk to Columbia Hall. Once I make it to the building, I am part of a panel for U101.

6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Meet with freshman about their experiences at Carolina and getting involved within the community.

7:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Interview a student to serve on the student government board.

8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Enjoy a little bit of down time as I eat a home-cooked meal and talk about life with the ladies on the 6th floor of South Tower.

9:45 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Meet with the secretary of governmental affairs Austin McCullough to discuss the planned mayoral debate and trip to DC over Fall Break with system campus student body presidents.

10:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Meet with secretary of community services Rachel Kitchens and deputy Emma Satzger to discuss Packathon planning and fundraising. Packathon.

11:30 p.m. to 12:45 a.m.
Respond to emails, messages, and letters from administrators, student government members, and various students.

12:45 a.m. to 2:15 a.m.
Work on some homework and study for international business, real estate, or Spanish phonetics.

2:15 a.m. -2:40 a.m.
Walk back to my apartment on the horseshoe and sit on the bench outside to reflect upon the day.

2:40 a.m. -3:15 a.m.
Read a few online articles and look over my schedule for the following day. After that, I spend a few minutes in prayer before I finally get to sleep.

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