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Find your place and purpose on campus. Honest conversations between college students about choosing majors, getting involved, making friends, finding faculty mentorship, overcoming fears, and more.

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Find your place and purpose on campus. Honest conversations between college students about choosing majors, getting involved, making friends, finding faculty mentorship, overcoming fears, and more.

    Great Game Design + Finding Friends Over Time

    Great Game Design + Finding Friends Over Time

    Gianni Dimacchia ‘24 brings immersive worlds and inspired characters to life as an artist, storyteller, and video game designer. We'll also talk about being involved in eSports, balancing academic life and leisure, avoiding the pitfalls of procrastination, and about overcoming the fear of putting yourself out there to make new friends.
    Featured Majors: Games + Simulation, Studio Art
    Featured Organizations and Internships: Miami eSports, Marching Band

    • 15 min
    Embracing Uncertainty in Your Environment

    Embracing Uncertainty in Your Environment

    Uncertainly is a big part of life, especially for college students who are figuring out their future. For Alexandria Coffman ‘23, embracing uncertainty is an essential part of success. We’ll also talk about gaining and nurturing leadership experience. Building a new network of friends from scratch. And about how there may not be one right answer for your future, but lots of right answers.
    Featured Majors: Urban and Regional Planning, Geography and Sustainable Development, Sustainability
    Featured Organizations: EcoReps

    • 20 min
    The Domino Effect of Success and Social Support

    The Domino Effect of Success and Social Support

    Never let the fear of rejection hold you back. That’s one of the most valuable lessons Kailey Kraft has learned in college so far. As an economics major, Kailey has already interned with the Federal Reserve and participated in the extremely selective Fed Challenge Competition. We’ll also talk about the extraordinary power of facing your fears, and about the domino effect it can have on academic success and social support.
    Featured Majors: Quantitative Economics
    Featured Organizations and Internships: The Fed Challenge, Women in Economics, the Federal Reserve

    • 16 min
    Finding Yourself Through Film and Philosophy

    Finding Yourself Through Film and Philosophy

    It was a love of movies and music that inspired Ryan Rosu to study film in college. But along the way, he also became interested in the kinds of writing and thinking that unlocked new levels of self-awareness and personal understanding. We’ll also talk about immersing yourself in your passions, and about the value of surrounding yourself with people who are just as passionate as you are.
    Featured Majors: Film Studies, English Literature, Philosophy
    Featured Organizations: Inside Hollywood, Telluride Film Festival’s Student Symposium, Zero Waste Oxford

    • 24 min
    Artfully Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

    Artfully Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

    Zoë Neubig ’23 creates personal works of art that circumvent the elitist mentalities often found in the art world. Her work also focuses on the experiences of growing up as a woman in today’s society, and her exploration of art history is helping new generations of artists and historians bring difficult topics to light. We’ll also talk about overcoming imposter syndrome, and about embracing new opportunities wherever and whenever they present themselves.
    Featured Majors: Studio Art, Art Therapy, Art History
    Featured Organizations and Internship: Miami University Art Museum, College of Creative Arts Student Advisory Council

    • 21 min
    Daring to Dream of Neural Networks

    Daring to Dream of Neural Networks

    Ben Maldonado '23 has always loved math and problem solving, which is why he’s now exploring the new frontiers of machine learning, artificial intelligence, neural networks, and self-driving cars. We’ll also talk about gaining leadership experience through Greek life, about making hard college decisions, and about why it’s important to close some doors before new ones can open.
    Featured Majors: Computer Science, Data Science and Statistics
    Featured Organizations and Internship : Center for Analytics and Data Science, Alpha Psi Lambda, Miami University Climbing Club, Miami University Outdoor Pursuit Center, Neurolex Data Science Intern, Amazon Software Engineering Intern

    • 18 min

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