More or less for the last few weeks, everything for the upcoming
Liberal Arts Career Week has been in the conceptual stage. What do we want to
do for the overall theme? How do we want to categorize the days? How does the
theme relate to the order of events? I have been doing a lot of thinking,
trying to figure out how to top the last career weeks, how to make this one the
best yet. It is still a little difficult for me to conceptualize as I stare at
these huge binders, containing every scrap of paper from the years in the past.
And it’s great, don’t get me wrong. They are an amazing resource, probably even
one that to an extent I haven’t comprehended yet. They have every team meeting,
schedule, spreadsheet, and letter I could ever want. But maybe, it’s the fact
that it’s so much. Where’s my starting place? How can I make this vision a
reality?
This week we really started hitting it hard. Career Week is
months away, but it is very much present in my every day thoughts. I cannot
believe the tenacity of the students who ran the Industrial Round Table and
SMEF, having only four weeks to figure out schedules, arrange volunteers, and
put together all of the logistics for each company’s arrival. That, to me, is
borderline impossible (and equally impressive), yet as far as I knew, those fairs went off without a
hitch.
It’s my senior year, which is unbelievable to me. I haven’t
really grasped the fact that by this time next year I should be living on my
own and in a full-time position. I am beyond excited, but also nervous. I think
that planning this career week will keep me grounded, help me make connections, and provide valuable opportunities for me to network. I am
excited to see how I grow during this process and what new skills I'll have developed when I'm standing at the end. In the weeks ahead, I expect to dive
further in, as I begin to pull the far-reaching pieces closer and closer
together.
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