Kamdi Akwuba

Kamdi Akwuba is a student on the UAB Honors College’s Personalized Path. She is pursuing a double major in accounting and finance from the Collat School of Business.

As a first-year student, Kamdi selected the Personalized Path to explore her varied interests, while leaving room for new opportunities. One of these interests included student leadership. Kamdi was chosen through a selective process to represent the Honors College as an Honors Ambassador at recruitment events for prospective students and college-wide initiatives for current families.

Kamdi continuously looks for initiatives and courses that will enhance her undergraduate experience for personal and professional growth. Her first Honors College seminar, Leadership and Public Service, inspired her to find areas of self-improvement, embrace challenges, and make community impact. She also gained insight about money management through a Honors Faculty Fellow series, Personal Finance for College Students.

In addition to her Honors College involvement, Kamdi holds several leadership positions on campus including president of Beta Alpha Psi, communications portfolio manager for the Green and Gold Fund, and treasurer for the African Student Association. She is a member of the Financial Management Association and the Accounting, Finance, and Information Systems Honor Society. She also helped establish UAB’s first Micro-Internship program as a member of the Undergraduate Student Government Association (USGA), creating opportunities for students to gain early career experience.

Aside from her coursework, Kamdi enjoys gymnastics, which has helped her develop discipline and express herself creatively. With plans of earning a master’s degree in accounting, she hopes to carry these skills, along with the lessons she has learned at UAB, into her future career in risk management and risk advisory.