Last Saturday evening, I met my project partner, Shree Saini, at Starbucks to chat and go over our assignment. In the time it took for me to finish my tall pink drink, I had already begun to understand her busy life already stuffed full of action and experiential learning. A second year student, Shree is involved on campus with the dance team, founding an RSO dealing with human trafficking, and pursuing a business degree. In addition, she is actively involved in the Miss Seattle pageant and uses this platform to share her powerful ideas and thoughts on ending bullying.
Shree certainly has an impressive resume already. When asked how she juggles all of her activities, Shree responded, “when you find one hour a day to work on a project, the time adds up. That’s only 4% of your day, but adds to 30 hours a month. You just have to ask yourself how you can be most productive with your time.” With this mindset, I began searching for experiential learning opportunities that would complement and expand my partner’s experience as an undergraduate student, and this is what I found:
Research - https://expo.uw.edu/expo/opportunities/details/1838
In addition to her interest in business, Shree mentioned her desire to research and learn about improving education in relation to the mental health of students. She had a “rough time” in school growing up, and is using that experience to fuel a drive to prevent that for students in the future. This research opportunity in “educational psychology” would be an awesome fit for this interest, while not requiring an overbearing weekly time commitment.
Service - http://www.state.gov/j/tip/id/help/
As a compliment to her RSO, Shree could serve her community and follow her interests in education and fighting human trafficking by getting involved with local middle schools. She could partner with local schools and start clubs or host documentary viewing events to bring awareness to young people. This could be made into a quarter long commitment by visiting one school once a week for ten weeks or hosting ten different events at ten different schools over the course of ten weeks.
International Engagement - http://foster.uw.edu/centers/gbc/undergraduate/study-abroad-options/
“The Foster School Rome Program is a Summer A-Term (June 21-July 20, 2017) study abroad program, where a group of 20+ Foster School students live in apartments in the heart of Rome and take classes from Foster School professors at the UW Rome Center” This study abroad option would be a perfect fit for a business student who is not able to suspend activities or class time at home.
Shree certainly has an impressive resume already. When asked how she juggles all of her activities, Shree responded, “when you find one hour a day to work on a project, the time adds up. That’s only 4% of your day, but adds to 30 hours a month. You just have to ask yourself how you can be most productive with your time.” With this mindset, I began searching for experiential learning opportunities that would complement and expand my partner’s experience as an undergraduate student, and this is what I found:
Research - https://expo.uw.edu/expo/opportunities/details/1838
In addition to her interest in business, Shree mentioned her desire to research and learn about improving education in relation to the mental health of students. She had a “rough time” in school growing up, and is using that experience to fuel a drive to prevent that for students in the future. This research opportunity in “educational psychology” would be an awesome fit for this interest, while not requiring an overbearing weekly time commitment.
Service - http://www.state.gov/j/tip/id/help/
As a compliment to her RSO, Shree could serve her community and follow her interests in education and fighting human trafficking by getting involved with local middle schools. She could partner with local schools and start clubs or host documentary viewing events to bring awareness to young people. This could be made into a quarter long commitment by visiting one school once a week for ten weeks or hosting ten different events at ten different schools over the course of ten weeks.
International Engagement - http://foster.uw.edu/centers/gbc/undergraduate/study-abroad-options/
“The Foster School Rome Program is a Summer A-Term (June 21-July 20, 2017) study abroad program, where a group of 20+ Foster School students live in apartments in the heart of Rome and take classes from Foster School professors at the UW Rome Center” This study abroad option would be a perfect fit for a business student who is not able to suspend activities or class time at home.