This month for my service credit I decided to check out the global engagement night. I had heard many things about this event that runs pretty regularly last year and so when face with the choice of what I was gonna do this semester I wanted to check it out. It was held in the Enarson classroom building room 160, which is also where they hold meetings for information sessions on studying abroad. I also thought what better way to enjoy the night then to help out and volunteer. It ended being a pretty simple night, with myself and a few other students doing random task assigned to us and just being a set of hands where it was needed but the best part of the night for me was getting to partake in the engagement aspect of the night and getting to be surrounded in community of students who have similar passions and beliefs as I do. I am planning to study abroad next semester too so this night not only helped me fulfill my IA requirements but I also got to go talk to many specific travel abroad program coordinators and they helped me work through where I want to go and what I want to study which was crucial to helping me along in not only my STEP program but also my IA second year project which will go hand in hand. I got to meet students who were also interested in going abroad and that was something that was super cool, I met a girl named Mega who wants to go on the same trip as me and so now we are going to try and coordinate getting on the same travel abroad trip. This event also tied in well to the IA experience because I am continuing to surround my self in community of multi cultural students or students who desire to have a more inclusive and welcoming personality here at OSU. it was great to hear from individuals on what the University is doing to address those needs and also to hear about the really cool trips and expansions the IA department at OSU is doing through study abroad. I gained allot academically attending this event because I got to encounter and learn more about what makes this university so unique and what it is doing to continue to advance its international engagement. It also helped me gain insights into what are some specific strategies on handling this second year project as I got to talk to a junior about what she did which was cool. It also felt really good to have helped out with stuff even though it was so little. After attending the event I left myself with a few questions, mainly information about study abroad. I wanted to know where I could access the scholarships for study abroad information for not only the department of IA but also my college (arts and sciences) and also third party scholarships. I also wanted to sit down and ask some questions to an advisor about where exactly I want to go abroad. Overall this experience was very fascinating and one I enjoyed thoroughly.