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Chapter Spotlight: Conner Loving ’18

Editor’s Note: Representing the chapter as spotlight is spring graduate Conner Loving
’18. From the hometown of Round Hill, Virginia, Conner earned his bachelors in science
in marketing from the business school. While in school, he previously served as the alumni
secretary and served on the Kai board. Conner was also very involved in Army ROTC and
held the positions of battalion commander, ranger challenge company commander, and ranger
challenge platoon sergeant. He has proudly accepted a job with Microsoft in Reston, Virginia,
as a solution specialist. For fun, he enjoys working out, being outdoors, golfing, and going to
the beach!
How has your experience with the Army summer?
ROTC enhanced your work ethic? This summer I have taken advantage of my
UF Army ROTC does an incredible job in time off by working out, playing golf, and visiting
developing their cadets to be future leaders in both friends. Over my winter break, I took a trip of a
the military and the civilian world. Discipline, lifetime to South America with my pledge dad
accountability, and leadership are all ingrained into Andy Ryngaert ’13. The two of us backpacked
the UF Army ROTC program and I was fortunate across Chile, Argentina, and Peru exploring their
Conner Loving, UF Army ROTC Fightin’
Gator Battalion, before commissioning as a enough to be surrounded by fantastic NCO’s and incredible national parks.
second lieutenant. officers to mentor me throughout my four years in
the program.
What have you enjoyed most as a Beta? What type of work
As a Beta, I’ve enjoyed experiencing everything will you be doing for
with my younger brother Jack Loving. After I Microsoft?
rushed in fall ‘14, he followed suit the year after as I will be a solution
a fall ‘15, giving us the opportunity to experience specialist at Microsoft
some of the best moments of college together. selling to the Department
When did you develop an interest in of Defense. I believe my
marketing? experience with Army
I’ve always been interested in sales, and felt that ROTC and now with the
marketing provided that opportunity to expand Virginia Army National
upon that interest. It allowed me to further Guard provides a great
understand the consumer, the buying process, and foundation to build upon.
strategy, which will be invaluable skills as I begin Did you do anything
my sales career with Microsoft. exciting over the

Conner proudly walking across the stage upon graduating from
the University of Florida Warrington College of Business and Conner hiking Torres del Paine in Chile—an adventure he shared
Heavener School of Business on May 6, 2018. with fellow Gamma Xi and pledge dad, Andy Ryngaert.

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