Mr. Steve Pierce

Mr. Pierce is a trustee at UNA and a local business owner and he came to talk to us this past week about how to impress potential employers. He started out by talking about things that employers will look for on your resume. these included things like showing respect and showing up on time, cleaning up your Facebook and social media, doing extracurriculars related to your major and knowing the job that you are applying for.

After he talked about how to impress potential bosses he went on to tell us that the next ten years will be very busy. In that time we will have started our careers, gotten married and possibly had children. All of those are big steps so we need to be sure that we set out in the right direction. "If you're not a year ahead, you're behind" was something he said and i feel that is a good way of saying that you should never stop learning about your field, because it is always changing.

He finished up by telling us about all of the exciting things that are going to be happening around campus soon, including Going D1, the new Science building, and a health partnership with a Chinese Businessman. All of these prospects are very interesting and i cannot wait to see them come to fruition.

Mr. Auman Pierre McGee

Mr. McGee is a local artist that was born and raised in Florence. His whole talk was about finding what we want to do with our lives and making sure it is what we truly want to do with our lives. He used himself as an example towards this. He has always been an outdoorsy guy and been in love with nature his whole life. But over time he was slowly moved in directions that he thought he wanted and that turned out badly for him. he Grew up working in his dad's contracting company and then took over the family business. He was pretty successful at it but just wasn't that into it. He then decided to just take a break and make metal sculptures. That decision caused his wife to leave him but he stuck with it. Over the years he has been happier than ever since he has returned to his roots.
 I really liked what he had to say especially since many people our age are struggling with what to do with their lives. He gave a lot of insight into many paths that would probably be considered by students in our position. I'm glad he came to talk to us.

Dr. Zang and Study Abroad Students

 Tonight we had many speakers that came to talk to us about doing a study abroad  program to various places. Dr. Zang is the director of the program here at UNA and he was very eager to talk to us about going out on a limb to see the world before we get bogged down by our careers in the real world. He pointed out the cost and a few scholarship offers  that he knows are available for students interested in studying in another country.
 The first student to talk about her personal experience with the program was Corinne Beckinger and she talked about her trip to China. With all of her scholarships, the trip only ended up costing her $800 and she had a great time. Where she went was apparently very westernized and the language barrier was not a major problem because of the number of other students from around the world.
 The next student was Lauren Dailey, who went on an independent travel trip to Spain. I really liked her talk because i went to Spain last spring break and throughly enjoyed it. She talked about doing things that i had experienced and much more that i would like to try sometime. She said her class schedule was pretty good with a small class size and a fairly short day and then she could just chill out all after noon. Seems like a good deal.