The Science Career Fair was put on by the university in the Union to help expose current Ohio State students as well as recent alumni to a multitude of hospitals, non-profits, and governmental sector companies looking to recruit students from a range of disciplines, but it was tailored more for students interested in careers in science.  I thoroughly enjoyed this event because I recently switched my major from International Studies to Neuroscience, so being exposed to a variety of internship and volunteer opportunities that I have within reach was truly inspiring and exciting looking ahead.  I am not entirely sure of what career I want to pursue, so I want to have as many internships, job shadows, and volunteer positions under my belt as possible to see what I enjoy and cross off anything I do not like.

While I was at the fair, I was able to speak to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, the Wexner Medical Center, and The James, which is the cancer unit of the Wexner Medical Center.  Being able to get my name out and learn of the internship and fellowship programs these facilities have to offer makes my future career seem that much more attainable.  At the moment, speech and language pathology is interesting me the most as far as a career choice, and during my undergraduate years, I know that I would like to participate in research, specifically regarding stem cells and their hypothesized abilities to treat certain neurodegenerative disorders.

This event relates to International Affairs because the research being done in a majority of the companies that were present have some international influence and impact as well as the fact that an internship with any these companies could lead to another internship or a possible job in a foreign country implementing what was learned there.  Overall, I am extremely glad I was able to attend the Fair and learn more about my options for the future.  It is a very nerve-racking but exciting time, and being exposed to internship and volunteer opportunities so early on is helping me realize my future within the neuroscience field.

This event was put on by the Office of International Affairs in Enarson, and the objective was to bring students from Brazil and students from other parts of the world together to learn about Brazilian culture.  We started the event by partnering up and learning how to samba (a traditional Brazilian dance unique to their culture), and we learned about the importance of samba in Brazil and how the aspects of samba shine through the Brazilian way of playing soccer and their carnival festival.

One of my dreams has always been to attend the carnival festival in Brazil and watch all of the dancers in their extravagant costumes.  I have been dancing since I was three years old, so dance has been a tremendous part of my life.  The way your body is able to move to music, especially during Brazilian samba amazes me.

We also learned about the geography and history of brazil and how traditions are unique to the specific regions of Brazil as well as the differences in Portuguese between Portugal and Brazil.

The global engagement night was related to international affairs because it broadened my perspective of Brazilian culture and allowed me to meet students with Brazilian heritage.  Also, as a way to immerse us even more in the Brazilian culture, besides learning the samba, there was a dessert for us to try called brigadeiro, and it was delicious.  I want to attend as many global engagement nights as possible because it was a great way to meet new people, and I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about Brazil and being exposed to another culture in such depth.