Professional Development

Back to Crisis? Northern Ireland after Brexit

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The event hosted on April 29th was dedicated to the issues which Northern Ireland has faced since Brexit. Duncan Morrow gave his personal take as someone who has witnessed the side effects first handedly. As a young lad, bombs, fights, and daily aggressive quarrels were part of life. The break did cause some changes, but, as expected, not everyone was thrilled with them. Conflict has arisen once again, even if it is not as traumatic as at was before. Teri Murphy took the initiative to ask Morrow through the presentation. She directed Morrow to dissect the strong tension between his neighbors, which he “fears.” He does want to come to an agreement and a middle ground with these people because that is the only way to move on. The wedge which has caused this great disagreement is propelled by different religious and traditional values.

There was also a focus placed on figuring out the purpose of the police. Morrow wanted to make a distinction between policing and parenting. He stated that these two lines have been blurred, enforcing the wall between the people, and those who are meant to protect them. This is evidently quite relevant to not only IA, but the American specifically. The past year has been fueled by the conflict between the people, police, and differing sentiments about the two. Some more parallels can be drawn from the marches that have been occurring in Northern Ireland. Morrow wants to make ends meet to help alleviate the stress and terror that has infiltrated the life of Northern Irelanders. The same can be said about what the United States in its current state.

Fall Career and Internship Fair

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I attended the fall career and internship fair on September 15, 2020. Over the summer, I took my first course which involved my business minor. It was a interesting change of pace given that for the most part I  have had STEM specific classes all of my first year. With my new insight into how different anything involving business is to STEM, I realized that I am going to need to participate in things that would not be otherwise relevant to my college experience. I have talked to several people who do major in business, and one of the major trends in our conversations has been networking and forming connections. Even though this is commons sense to most, it is not something that I had really thought about before.

Last year I attended the professional and graduate school fair, which is why I thought that I should try the career and internship fair this year. I did find out about several internships involving close and out of state opportunities. With school looking so much different now, there were not many that seemed plausible for me to pursue at the moment. However, the fair did open my eyes to how I should be looking and working on putting my name out there into those types of circles. It was an enlightening experience, which I will use in future lookout for internships.

World Language Career Fair

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I attended the Wold Language Career Fair on November 20th at  around 1 p.m., in the Ohio State Union. The fair was based on presenting internships, job opportunities, and overall language learning opportunities in The Ohio State University. There were many individuals running the fair and even more walking around listening to all of the opportunities.

The fair was filled with booths for all of the different languages available at the Ohio State. I was especially interested in the Spanish section of the fair because of my deep love and appreciation for the language and the many different cultures within it. My main question going onto the fair was how I could get involved with any Spanish related internships even though that is not part of my academic goals. Anyone can have a job in the language department, it simply requires time, energy, and an eager will to speak in a different language.

The fair is extremely important to IA scholars because we focus on helping to globalize the world. In order to communicate with other counties and understand their cultures, it is imperative that the language barrier is not a concern. As for my profession as a dentist, I understand that Spanish is becoming one of the most commonly spoken languages in the United States. There may come a time where one of my patients is going to need me to communicate in Spanish, and I want to be able to do that.