Alum Tyler Mullins' credits hands-on experience for career success – Morehead State University

News August 2, 2022 When Tyler Mullins (Class of 2014) was growing up just outside of Butcher Holler in Johnson County, he didn’t have dreams of eventually working for one of the biggest social media companies in the world as the user researcher for people systems at Twitter. He didn’t have a social media account when he attended high school, but that was the least of his struggles.   “(I) didn’t have a car in high school or job. Didn’t have the internet,” he said. “It posed a lot of challenges to do after-school activities or to participate in clubs or groups to build skills or to build my resume for college.”   While Mullins didn’t have as many opportunities as some of his classmates, he saw college as a step toward something better and decided to become an MSU Eagle.   “I grew up dirt-floor poor and MSU was an affordable college,” he said. “I think I saw it as a launching point for what could be different in the future. It was the only option I had other than working.”   Mullins knew he wanted to go to college, but it took him time to find a degree where his creative passions…
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