Last Friday Dinner

Friday April 24th was the last IA dinner, and overall IA event for the semester. I have not gone to many social events over the past year simply because my schedule has been packed. However, it was a nice change of pace to sit down and talk to the IA community. I have to say that I did not talk much, but there were some interesting conversations that took place.

Steven talked about the new IA members, and how eager they are to get started at osu in the IA program. It was refreshing to hear how excited the upcoming freshman class is. As part of IA, I believe that it was fitting for me to get an insight into the new members. It was also nice to hear how ohio state is doing. Not being on campus has definitely changed my daily schedule. Therefore, being able to see faces that reminded me of the school was welcomed.

Being aware of what is happening at the ohio state and in IA specifically is significant to my participation in the community. The meeting got me excited for the upcoming school year, and all of the events that are going to be happening.

Peace Corps

On April 20th 2020, I attended a zoom meeting which was led by an individual in the Fisher Business Institute. She started the meeting by introducing herself, and another woman who herself was a part of the peace corp. The other woman now helps with introducing students to the peace crop and all of its great opportunities. I was interested in revisiting the idea of the peace crop under the umbrella of business. I am currently trying to obtain a minor in business, and I wanted to get more aquatinted with the opportunities that are out there for me.

In our IA Scholars class last semester, the same woman came, but what was different this time was that there was a student speaker who had gone on a trip to Madagascar. He spoke about how, even though he initially was only looking into business, he was capable of incorporating his knowledge and studies of business into something that the citizens there could actually benefit from. He helped the individuals that he was working with to build a dairy business because they had leftover milk.

I am interested in joining the peace corp, however I believe that I can learn similar lessons even if I do not join. There are people close by who are capable of making their own business. They just need a little push, and an individual who can help them start. This is important to me because not only do I want to do that for someone, but I know that I will definitely need someone to do that for me too.