The event that I attended was the Smith-Steeb Scholars cookout. It was a social event and was meant to build community within the IA scholars group and among the other scholars programs living in our dorm. I feel like through this event, I really learned a lot about the community that our scholars programs provide. It was very early in the school year, and since things were still very fresh at OSU it was really awesome to be able to connect to those who shared common academic interests with me and those who had completely different interests from me. I was able to meet so many of the IA people that I hadn’t met and a lot of the other scholars people as well. I think that this event actually did teach me a lot about international affairs in a weird way. While it doesn’t seem directly related, a lot of what we learn about in the IA scholars group is community building and bridging gaps that occur in our everyday lives. Also, part of the benefit of the IA scholars group is that we are such a diverse group of people who have varied interests and getting to talk to so many new people and learn their stories. I think I was able to grow a lot personally from this event by meeting so many new people and adjusting more to life at OSU.