Hello, I am Mitchell Jansen, and I am an intended computer science major, chess enthusiast, baseball connoisseur, self-proclaimed musician, and avid video game enjoyer. I moved to the Saint Louis area in the summer of 2024 to begin studying at SIUE after previously studying at the University of Washington in Seattle and briefly at SUNY Buffalo in New York. I guess you could say I’m pretty well-traveled! I spent most of my life growing up around the Seattle, Washington area and as such a lot of my entertainment and culture is derived from my experiences there. I do love Saint Louis though and I am eager to continue exploring what the city and the surrounding metro area have to offer. I’m particularly interested in the chess scene here, being a chess player myself, as the city I have heard is known as the “chess capital of the USA”, and I have participated in a handful of events at the Saint Louis Chess Club, which I hope to continue to do.

World Chess Hall of Fame located in Saint Louis, featuring the World’s Largest Chess Piece

I hope to be able to make many new memories and experiencing new things during my time here, and I hope that I can gain some new knowledge that will help me in pursuing my goal of becoming a software engineer.