Why I decided to pursue Global Option/My Goal for Global Options
I decided to pursue Global Options because it fit in well with both my personal and my academic aspirations. I also thought that pursuing Global Options would give me an organized way to seek out and document my experiences as I expand my horizons.
I have an interest in global food security and hope to find a career that allows me to work to improve food security around the world. Global Options fits into this goal because having the opportunity to travel abroad and learn about different perspectives on the issues surrounding food security will help enable me to find more nuanced solutions to the societal problems that cause food insecurity in my future career.
Global Options fits into my academic life well because as an Honors student, I am supposed to pursue a set of G.O.A.L.S, the first of which is Global Awareness. The Global Options program increases my global awareness by letting me learn about the world through both trips abroad and required course work.
My top three goals for participating in Global Options are to be more aware of different cultures, to gain a better understanding of how what our country does impacts the world on both an economic and environmental basis, and to better be able to connect and communicate with people from diverse backgrounds. I think participating in this program will offer opportunities for personal growth that are not entirely predictable, and I look forward to finding out what they will be.