| T.J. West - 5th Floor -
Business and Explore LLC |
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Year:
Senior
Major:
International Business
Interests and
Hobbies: Sports, friends, and video
games
Clubs or
Organizations: Residential life and
Housing
Favorite
Memory at FAU: I would have to say my
favorite memory at Florida Atlantic University is when my
friends and I painted our bodies for one of our home
football games to read OWLS! one letter per person. (
That’s me on the right as the S is OWLS!) We ended up on
the front of the school's newspaper, the Navigator. |
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| October
09: |
I would like to talk about the
possibilities and career choices that Florida Atlantic
University has to offer. I worked with the career resources
center within the Desantis Pavilion last year to help
obtain an internship for the summer of 2009. After weighing
my options I ended up doing an internship with The
News-Press which is a newspaper company. Even though my
major does not have a lot to do with the news industry or
media, I took the internship because it was in the
Marketing/Advertising department. Knowing that I would not
be able to transfer a lot of the skills that I learned
about the newspaper industry I knew that the business
aspect of the paper industry would serve me well. So I took
the position and worked in the department doing various
jobs from working on presentations to major prospective
clients, to database management. The database management
dealt with about 10,000 contacts with information that was
completely unorganized, and it was my job to take the
information and organize it nice and neat in an excel
document. The skills and experiences that I learned during
my time at The News-press are extremely valuable to me and
my future.
Having completed an internship and being
able to use my boss as a reference not only shows my future
employers what I am capable of but it also is a great start
to assembling a resume that will sell me to the best of its
ability which is extremely important especially in an
economy like todays.
If you are looking for a
job, internship, or even just help on your resume call the
Career Development Center: www.fau.edu/cdc/, 561-297-3533 |
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| September
09: |
It is now October and we have been through
6 weeks of classes. Keeping up with schoolwork is becoming
a challenge. With the constant flow of tests and midterms
it seems like I am never leaving the library any more. It
is no surprise that the farther along you are in college
the more you enjoy your classes. As I take more upper
division classes I find myself truly interested in the
course material and actually wanting to study. We all know
college is not all work and no fun though. The football
games have started up and have served to be a great
entertainment. Getting to the game early to enjoy a brat on
the grill is definitely a stress relief and something I
truly enjoy. Watching the OWLS march down the field and
score is also a good time. It is unfortunate that we have
yet to win a game, but the football games are always a good
time win or lose.
The programs the Resident
Assistants are putting on have also been a lot of fun. This
past week there was a chocolate fondue festival that
Heritage Park Community Council put on. These programs are
always good fun because it gives you a chance to meet new
people and enjoy good food. This Wednesday we will host a
program called Queso Loco, a program in honor of Hispanic
Heritage Month. I am having a Pumpkin carving program in
October 21st. I know this will be another great program
that many residents will enjoy as well as get to meet new
people. I am also hosting an education program about career
planning next month as well. |
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| August
09: |
After talking to many of my residents all
of them have had nothing but good things to say about the
Living Learning Communities and their experiences in them.
Several of them told me their first impression of them was
not a good one but after a day or two they came to love it.
This is to be expected though because many feel that way
when transitioning from high school to college. I have seen
the community develop extremely well so far and I am
extremely impressed with every one being so friendly with
one another. There has been many occasions where residents
will knock on their neighbors door just to meet them and
say hello. It is very beneficial to live on a LLC floor
because the community is built over night it seems. My
residents all love it so far and enjoy going to class with
the same people that they live with. I have already seen
competition from among the floor for who can get better
grades, which is great because competition fuels
excellence. They will be pushing each other to get better
and better grades and will help each other when studying
for the same test
My transition to college was
not as smooth as I had hoped. Move in day was a nightmare
and saying good bye to my parents and hello to freedom was
not as easy as I expected. I remember meeting my roommate
for the first time and thinking this is going to be a long
year. After getting to know him and other people on my
floor I came to feel more comfortable with my surroundings
and felt better about being in college. I remember going to
my first class as well, I was so nervous I actually walked
into the wrong room and sat through an entire lecture of
the wrong class. It was not exactly what I was expecting
from my first college lecture but it taught me an important
lesson to get to class at least five minutes early. I had
many ups and downs during my transition from high school to
college but over all I feel that it went well and I have
learned an awful lot from my experiences from freshmen
year. |
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| Summer
09: |
| I have been doing an internship this
summer, as well as traveling. I have made it down to
Cancun, Mexico, with my family. Then a couple of week after
that I went to Alaska to visit my sister for 2 weeks. After
that I flew to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to spend the rest of
the summer with my dad. All the while I have been doing
projects for my internship remotely. On top of everything I
have been taking an online class at Florida Atlantic
University so I can receive college credit for my
internship. It has been a busy yet exciting summer, but I
can't wait for Fall to start. |
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