{"id":31056,"date":"2024-08-01T10:15:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T17:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/?p=31056"},"modified":"2024-08-30T12:01:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T19:01:23","slug":"an-american-dream-takes-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/01\/an-american-dream-takes-flight","title":{"rendered":"An American dream takes flight\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Max Poklonskii marked six years as a U.S. resident in spectacular fashion: by receiving the University of Washington Bothell\u2019s 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/presidents-medal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President\u2019s Medal<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award recognizes students who earn a GPA in the top two percent of their graduating class and further distinguish themselves with extracurricular activities, awards, research or future plans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was surreal,\u201d said Poklonskii of the moment that UW President Ana Mari Cauce placed the medal over his neck at the June Commencement Ceremony. Now the award rests in a place of honor, draped over his bedpost.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the first thing I see every morning,\u201d said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School of Business<\/a> alumnus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A native of Kazakhstan, Poklonskii first moved with his family to Russia and then spent time in Germany before coming to the United States in 2018. That\u2019s four different countries for Poklonskii by age 22.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And thanks to the many sacrifices his parents made to get him and his younger sister to the U.S., Poklonskii said, he has been able to pursue his passion for learning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Seizing every opportunity<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time he earned his diploma from Henry M. Jackson High School in Mill Creek, Washington, Poklonskii had also obtained his associate degree in business through the state\u2019s Running Start program. \u201cIt\u2019s terrific \u2014 free education,\u201d he said. \u201cWhy not take advantage of it?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His pragmatic, go-for-it approach continued at UW Bothell, where he seized every opportunity that came his way. As a Business Administration major specializing in the Accounting option and the Finance concentration, Poklonskii participated in about 10 national student leadership conferences and received seven different scholarships.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese weren\u2019t just financial assistance,\u201d said Poklonskii. \u201cThey were lifelines.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also landed four internships, including two at accounting firms Moss Adams and Ernst &amp; Young. The first, he recalled, came from a connection he made at a networking event hosted by Beta Alpha Psi, an international honor society for accounting, finance and information systems students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poklonskii went on to serve as the president of UW Bothell\u2019s Beta Alpha Psi chapter, which he credits with dramatically expanding his circle of contacts. In the society\u2019s 2023 Las Vegas leadership conference, he rubbed shoulders with high-level executives and worked with other students from across the country. Commiserating with his new peers about academic challenges, he realized, \u201cThese are not just my problems. 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He posted notices on Facebook Marketplace and, soon enough, found himself tutoring elementary and middle-school students in the finer points of math, science and English.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From there, it was on to geometry and algebra for high school students. But he recognized a greater need among these older students, many of whom worked stressful jobs as grocery store clerks and delivery drivers during the pandemic. \u201cSome were first-generation students like me, trying to make something of themselves,\u201d Poklonskii recalled. \u201cI thought, \u2018You know what? I might as well, for those students, do it for free.\u2019 I just felt for them.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the high school students turned to him for support with navigating the college application process, Poklonskii stepped in willingly. He proofread college-entrance essays, helped complete federal student aid forms and suggested classes that could make a college application shine. His deeper motivation? \u201cI recognized the systemic barriers that hindered many of these students from considering higher education,\u201d said Poklonskii.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the end of his stint as a virtual tutor, Poklonskii had provided more than 500 hours of tutoring services.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" viewbox=\"0 0 31.93 23.66\" width=\"34\">\n  <path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M19.94 23.655h11.988V12.578h-6.6a6.63 6.63 0 0 1 .662-3.486 8.55 8.55 0 0 1 5.721-4.722V.001a14.8 14.8 0 0 0-8.687 4.768q-3.089 3.606-3.089 9.994v8.893Zm-19.938 0H11.99V12.578h-6.6a7.5 7.5 0 0 1 .631-3.575q1.47-3.277 5.763-4.633V.001a14.54 14.54 0 0 0-8.771 4.788c-2 2.427-3.008 5.781-3.008 9.974Z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><p>Max lives and breathes enthusiasm and energy and excitement. 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Tilden was unsurprised to learn that Poklonskii had achieved a 4.0 grade point average, citing his combination of brain power and hard work as keys to his success. \u201cMax lives and breathes enthusiasm and energy and excitement,\u201d Tilden said. \u201cHe was just a dynamo in the classroom.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>True to form, Poklonskii didn\u2019t take a break after receiving the President\u2019s Medal his senior year at UW Bothell. Instead, he jumped right into his fourth and final internship, this one at the professional services firm Deloitte. When it ends in August, he\u2019ll immediately pivot to a new full-time job.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What accounts for this medalist\u2019s incredible drive? \u201cI\u2019ve always been like this,\u201d said Poklonskii. \u201cI think I might as well put in all of my effort, try my best, even though it sounds very corny. Go all in or go home.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Repaying the cost of a dream<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking back on all his has accomplished in the last six years, Poklonskii focuses on his first-generation experience \u2014 and what it cost his parents to bring him and his sister to the U.S.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey did it for us,\u201d he said. \u201cIt just feels wrong to be, like, \u2018Whatever, I\u2019ll just go enjoy.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poklonskii and the many first-gen students he tutored abide by what he calls an unsaid rule: \u201cWe all have to try our best. Failure is not an option. 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