For my 3rd and final IA activity I went and attended my 2nd global engagement night. I have always enjoyed going to these nights as they provide me with excitement about whats going on in and around campus especially with the culturally active people. This event was at 6:00 pm in the enarson building and was such a blast. 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 actually got some time to talk to a professor about where I am studying abroad and she told me more about the program, the professors, and the places I would be going too. She gave me loads of tips and put me in contact with the professor who runs the whole program. Every time I go to a global engagement night I am always floored by the amount of connections and experiences Ohio state has to offer and how cultural active and aware most students are. It is consistently amazing to see such powerful efforts by students on this campus and that is something truly unique and hard to find at some colleges. 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. After attending these nights time and time over it just gets me so excited to get involved in many osu clubs and programs that are continuing to advance the work of these organizations. That why I truly love being an IA student because it is so in-tune and engaged into the growing modern world and the immense diversity at this prestigious university and the students in the program continue to strive to keep inclusive open-minded attitudes in there relational connections with other students. I also enjoy these nights because they provide me with really cool and unique stories with different students who just have really cool backgrounds. I met a girl at global engagement night named Fatima and she was born in West Africa and has the coolest story about her transition to America. We’ve become close friends since and continue to stay in close contact. She talks so highly of the university and the way its made her feel so welcomed and included. This global engagement night also made me want to get more involved with USG and that organization. I
was involved heavily my freshman year and haven’t really been able to go as much this year, but I served on the Diversity and Inclusion council there and the act of service and petitions they have been working on are really intriguing and the team there works so hard to continue to advance this university in every way they can. Overall though, This engagement night was filled with so many cool people, ideas, and information on how to get more involved and has inspired me to be more informed and engaged with this community and is something I hope to do next semester.