www.BrettSchaffner.com The place to be.

Hello and welcome to my site! My name is Brett Schaffner and I am currently a Junior at the University of Nevada, Reno where I am pursuing a degree in Information Systems and International Business. On top of my two majors, I am also dual-minoring in Accounting and Spanish. I am quite involved on campus, as I am the current President of UNR's Entrepreneurship Club (eClub). This is an AMAZING club that works closely with the local entrepreneurs in and around the Reno area to gain an insight into what all is involved in becoming and entrepreneur. The eClub is also very involved in pairing students with the local entrepreneurs through internships so that our members get real-life experience because there's only so much that you can learn from a book. Another area the eClub is growing in popularity is with its help and training for the Governor's Cup, which is a state-wide Business Plan Writing Competition (website).

Outside of my life at UNR, I am an avid traveler. I LOVE to travel. As of now, I have been to Mexico, Peru, Spain, France, and Italy (with a couple of layovers in Germany), and I'm nowhere close to done! With my love of travel, I have begun an internship with EF College Break, which is a travel company that offers discount travel to college-aged kids (18-26 years old). It is through EF Tours that I went to Peru with on a high school trip, and it wasn't a full day after I returned when I was online looking where I wanted to go next. After arriving back states-side from my EF College Break trip to Europe this past summer I couldn't wait to find out how to get involved with such a great company. I currently hold the position of Campus Manager for the University of Nevada, Reno. You can read more about my travels, see pictures, and learn more about EF College Break by visiting my Travel page.

During the summers, when I'm not abroad, I have held down the position of Information Technology Intern with Newmont Mining Corporation. I first began my internship in the summer of 2010, as a wee Freshman, knowing very little about anything technological, but have since begun to understand the very important role that IT has in a corporate setting. My internship has taught me some very important skills, such as the disciplines of IT in a business, including Service Delivery, Applications Support, and Project Management.

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My Resume What Separates Me From The Rest...

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Travel with EF College Break

Let me just start out by saying, I LOVE TRAVEL! I have become addicted to seeing the world. It started with a quick trip to Mexico long ago and has become three trips to Mexico, a two-week trip to Peru, and a two-week trip to Spain, France, and Italy. Why am I telling you this? Because the last two trips mentioned were through the same company, EF Tours, and I can't help but to tell everyone I see about the great travel rates they offer.

My Peru trip was offered through EF Tours which is well-known for their high school tours, which is when I went. Upon my return, I had a lag time of about one day before I was back on EF's website planning where I wanted to go next. It was then that I found their site, EF College Break. I found that through this site I can plan any of the trips they offer without trying to find a large group of people! Some of you may be thinking, "but I don't want to be in some random country travelling by myself." To that all I can say is you won't! EF College Break allows you the flexibility of planning the trip by yourself, but pairing you into a group that will have close to 50 people on the same tour, all the same age as you! What does this mean for you? It means new friendships that will last for years to come, on top of the already amazing memory of travelling to a foreign country.

It was through EF College Break that I travelled to Spain, France, and Italy (on their Spain, France, and Italy tour). From that trip I have made so many amazing memories and I met some pretty awesome people, some of whom I am still in contact with, from across the US, all of whom were between 18-26 years old. You can see pictures from my trip, here.