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| Alan Pena '08 |
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| Alan Pena graduated from Cooper City High School in 2004 and went to the Honors College in the fall of that same year. He says that he chose to attend FAU’s Honors College because it was highly recommended, close to home, and had good scholarship opportunities. He concentrated in Political Science and had minors in Law & Society and History. Alan was involved in several campus organizations including Corn Maya and the Student Government Association (SGA). He said, “Both Corn Maya and SGA greatly influenced me. I thoroughly enjoyed helping the local community through Corn Maya and had the honor of being a part of its development and partnership with El Sol. SGA was a capstone to my Political Science concentration; everything I had studied, from campaigning to political decision-making to the legislative process to punctuated equilibrium, was represented microcosmically in my two years in SGA.”
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| During his undergraduate career, Alan decided that he wanted to be a military officer, and he believed studying government and foreign policy would best advance that career. He is now a commissioned officer in the United States Army stationed at Fort Riley, KS at the 1st Infantry Division. “I always go back to what I was taught at the Wilkes Honors College to execute my job effectively. I spent a year in military training at four different Army posts to learn how to be a Soldier, but an officer is required to advocate, organize, plan, write, research, speak publically, present ideas, think critically, and solve problems through unfamiliar territory. The Honors College built the foundation of these leadership skills through the liberal arts education, tough classes, and the thesis process, as well as the extracurricular opportunities.” |
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