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<\/a>CELEBRATING SUCCESS:<\/strong> During this time when we cannot come together to celebrate our graduates, UToledo is recognizing the Class of 2020 with a series of feature stories on students who are receiving their degrees. Help us celebrate our newest UToledo alumni. Visit utoledo.edu\/commencement<\/strong><\/a> to share a message of support to graduates and come back online Saturday, May 9, to take part in the virtual commencement ceremony.<\/p><\/div>\n In addition to its beautiful campus, Palmer chose UToledo on the strength of its student organizations and found her place in the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. While she started as a nursing major, she discovered a niche for herself when meeting and developing new members for the organization \u2014 where she ultimately served as vice president for recruitment.<\/p>\n \u201cI took a tour of UToledo and fell in love,\u201d Palmer said. \u201cI knew right away I wanted to be involved in Greek life. Alpha Omicron Pi taught me a lot about servant leadership, and I wouldn\u2019t have found my career path without that experience.\u201d<\/p>\n Palmer\u2019s resum\u00e9 includes a broad set of experiences that have paralleled her work in the classroom. As part of the Klar Leadership Academy in 2019, she learned the importance of aligning the complementary skills of classmates and colleagues.<\/p>\n \u201cBeing involved with Klar really taught me how important it is to work as a team,\u201d Palmer said. \u201cI learned that when working toward a common cause, my strengths will offset others\u2019 weaknesses and vice versa.\u201d<\/p>\n She began learning some of the basic principles of human resources during an internship with MaritzCX, a customer experience and research company. There, she saw how critical it is to recruit the best people and how high employee turnover rates can devastate productivity.<\/p>\n