Olubusayo Shabi

Detail-oriented, organized, and with a knack for numbers, Olubusayo Shabi says the accounting major ���highlights my innate skills.���

Olubusayo Shabi

When Olubusayo Shabi decided to major in accounting at Towson University, she chose a field and a university that played to all of her strengths. Detail-oriented, organized, and with a knack for numbers, Shabi says the accounting major ���highlights my innate skills.��� Thanks in large part to Towson���s small class sizes and a core group of accounting faculty, who ���live and breathe the major,��� Shabi has channeled her skills into a promising career path. 

���窪蹋勛圖厙 has passionate teachers who go beyond classroom instruction,��� says Shabi. ���They create a life experience for students. Everything you need to help you succeed is right here on campus.��� 

As part of that experience, Shabi served as an accounting intern at National Geographic in Washington, D.C., where she learned more about the role of an accountant in a corporate environment, conducted bank reconciliations and reviewed financial statements. She has also participated in one-day externships at three major accounting firms in the area to further build both her network and her knowledge of the field. 

In addition to providing a strong foundation in accounting, Shabi relates, ���Towson has prepared me to go outside my comfort zone and treat every opportunity as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.���

She is sharing her enthusiasm with others in her work as a student academic adviser in the Academic Advising, Retention and Completion Office, fielding questions from students and creating outreach programs to encourage academic success and responsibility.

���I have flourished in every way at Towson,��� she says. As a way to ���give back to the community,��� Shabi has volunteered with Towson���s MentHer program, mentoring female students from a Baltimore City high school. ���These students have so much to look forward to, and I want to help them prepare for the future.��� 

��� Towson has prepared me to go outside my comfort zone and treat every opportunity as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ���

Olubusayo Shabi