Student Profile: Tyler Martinez
Tyler Martinez credits the Economics department at Alma College with benefiting every area of his life — from scholarship to time management. It has allowed him to research a variety of careers while studying in a foreign country.
All this became possible when his roommate recommended the class Principals of Macroeconomics.
“Dr. [Robert] Cunningham put economics into perspective for me and I realized that economics has everything to do with, well, everything,” the Breckenridge senior says. “Now, I find it hard for me to leave an economics oriented word out of my daily conversations with family and friends.”
Martinez traveled to Buenos Aries in Argentina with Economics Associate Professor James Mueller, using his economic skills in the country.
“The trip allowed me to get out of the classroom while exploring a foreign country and applying the economics skills learned through lecture in the real world,” he says.
Martinez is pursuing a double major in economics and philosophy. After college, he plans to find a job in the economics field, pursue his Ph.D. in economics or attend law school.
Attracted to Alma because of the time he spent around campus growing up, Martinez credits the faculty members for keeping him here.
“In this program, not only can you depend on your faculty advisor for advice and motivation, but you can also depend on the other faculty members in the economics department when ever you need them,” he says. “I can strongly state that the economics department at Alma College is a family that you can depend on not only for help and guidance within your department of study, but also with personal roadblocks that every college student will struggle with throughout their college education.”
In addition to his studies, Martinez is an active brother in the Kappa Iota sorority, a member of the Barrister’s Society, a member of PRIDE and a teaching assistant for the economics department.
