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(Jodi MIller)",{"url":11,"transcript":19},{"text":11},"Reed Kroeger: Embracing AI now pays off later","AI integration into class syllabus helps third-year enhance his learning",{"title":23,"description":24,"imageUrl":25},"Preparing for the Future: How Reed Kroeger Is Learning to Lead With AI","Ohio State student Reed Kroeger is embracing AI as a creative, practical tool — gaining real‑world business insight, confidence and experience that’s preparing him for leadership in an evolving global economy.\r\n","https://live-decoupler.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/media/image/2026/04/reedkroeger_social.jpg",[27,34,40,58,64,70,76,82,92,98,104,110,116,122,128,134,141,147,153],{"blockName":28,"attrs":29,"innerBlocks":31,"innerHTML":32,"innerContent":33},"core/paragraph",{"uuid":30},"de04ff95",[],"\u003Cp class=\"bux-paragraph\">Still only a junior at Ohio State, Reed Kroeger doesn’t pretend to have his entire future mapped out, but he admits he’d love to be sitting in the C-suite of a company one day. 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