Megan Smith

Megan Noel Smith is the Rotary Club of Cleveland's Excellence as a graduate student honoree for 2023. She is a Master of Accountancy student. Megan is a two-time Rotary Club of Cleveland Excellence awardee, being awarded for as a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance in 2022 and having graduated with honors. She is the first Cleveland State University student to ever receive two awards from the Rotary Club of Cleveland in the 55 years of this program's existence

Megan was been a Finance Intern at Contitech for a year during her undergraduate degree and  past year and will continue to work with Contitech as she completed her graduate studies.

Megan has been a Finance and Accounting intern at Contitech for the last two years (one year during her undergraduate degree and this past year during her graduate studies). She will continue to work at Contitech until the Spring 2023 semester ends. Upon graduating from her master's degree program in May with a 4.0 GPA, Megan will begin full-time employment with KeyBank this summer as a Commercial Credit Analyst.

"The best experience I've had throughout college is being able to work with so many different people and see a vast array of perspectives," she said. "Especially in my graduate work, I've been able to meet new people from so many different backgrounds and ages. Being here has helped me to grow more than I thought was possible, and I know it'll help me in my full-time employment."

"I've loved every every minute of my college education," Megan added. "During my undergraduate career, I was even a candidate to apply for university valedictorian-something my freshman self never would have thought was possible. I've loved Cleveland State and calling this city home."

Even though she was not born in Ohio, Megan has spent most of her life in in the Northeast part of the state. She graduated second in her class from Geneva High School in 2018 and graduated with honors. 

Megan has a special connection to Rotary, not only as a two-time awardee for CSU. She once won an award from the Geneva Rotary club for an essay on patriotism that she wrote in middle school. So, she is literally a three-time winner.