Salutatorian

Mikayla Reynolds

Maine Business School | Honors College

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Management with a Second Major in Marketing

Mikayla Reynolds of Winslow, Maine is a 2023 salutatorian. The first-generation Honors College student double-majored in business management and marketing. Her numerous honors include a 2022 Outstanding Student Leader award from the Division of Student Life, a Thomas E. Lynch ’38 Honors Thesis Fellowship, and a Center for Undergraduate Research Fellowship. In 2021, she was named the UMaine, Maine state, and regional Student Employee of the Year.

Reynolds has participated in the Maine NEW (National Education for Women) Leadership program and the Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute (OSWLI). She is currently the operations chair for OSWLI’s Alumni Council.

Her honors thesis is: “Exploring the Influence of Work From Home & On-Site Benefits on Perceptions of Organizational Attractiveness.” She was recently named the 2023 Business Research Category award winner for her UMaine Student Symposium research poster.

Reynolds is a certified peer educator. Since 2020, she has been the lead peer coach in TRIO Student Support Services. In addition, she has been a student ambassador and a teaching assistant in the Maine Business School, and a program leader in the Center for Student Involvement. She has been the Student Success Initiatives Intern with the Maine Business School, and this semester she is a student consultant with the Black Bear Consulting Corps in the Foster Center for Innovation.

Reynolds is president of All Maine Women, co-president of the UMaine chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, and vice president of the 2023 Senior Class Council. She also is a founding officer and vice president of the UMaine chapter of Sigma Alpha Lambda. Reynolds was appointed to the Maine Day Task Force and served as the food bank liaison on the 2022 Maine Day Meal Packout Committee.

Reynolds has been a core organizer of the Black Bear Mutual Aid Fund and is the food bank liaison for the 2023 Maine Days Food Drive Committee. She has served as the director of programs and outreach for Sunrise Creative Youth Theatre in Waterville since 2018. She founded the Vassalboro Mill Clothing Exchange Closet in 2016. In 2019, she was awarded the Hardy Girls Healthy Women Community Organizer award for her commitment to community service and creating change.

Reynolds has been selected to be a Graduate School of Business Alfond Ambassador and will pursue a MaineMBA in the fall, concentrating in sustainability and public and nonprofit management.