Jared Scharpen, marketing major, 3.45 GPA 
Scharpen is from Argyle, Minn. His activities at St. Thomas include Undergraduate Student Government as West Summit Neighborhood Advisory Committee neighborhood senator his sophomore and junior year and vice president of public relations this year. He was also the vice president of finance for the American Marketing Association his junior year and a summer orientation leader in 2010. He has worked for Residence Life on the Project Crew and is the president of the Chamber Singers.
Scharpen’s achievements include being on the Dean’s List and studying theater abroad in London for a January term.
Scharpen said an interesting fact about himself is that his “hometown population is 656 people.”
Before students graduate, Scharpen suggests they “go with some friends to the Binz for one of Mary’s sandwiches.”
After graduation, Sharpen plans on “attending graduate school for a master’s degree in student affairs.”