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| IST STUDENT PROFILES | |||||
| Current Students: | |||||
| Jen Newman (junior) | |||||
| Concentration: Individualized (international communications) | |||||
| Language: French | |||||
| Career Goals: U.S. Government State Department or UN Translator. Also considering graduate school. | |||||
| Jen's comments on the IST major: | |||||
| "I think the IST major is very liberal and offers a broad background in International Studies. It is extremely versatile and opens up a plethora of different possibilities. I was able to create a concentration that included the classes I felt I needed to get what I am looking for out of my education. When I finish at Cortland I will have a very solid foundation to begin building upon. I am, by no means, limited to particular career choices which is very important to me. International Studies majors are also, plain and simple, cool people." | |||||
| Arete Georgakopoulos (freshman) | |||||
| Concentration: Europe | |||||
| Languages: Greek, French and possibly German | |||||
| Career Goals: International business and banking, or UN Translator. | |||||
| Arete's comments on the IST major: | |||||
| "I'm new to college so I don't have much to say yet, except that it seems like a good program and am very confident that I will achieve my goals through this program. I have heard many good things about the IST program at Cortland and this is why I'm here." | |||||
| Alumni: | |||||
| Patrick Carmody (graduated May 1994) | |||||
| Concentration: Asia and Pacific Basin | |||||
| Language: Chinese | |||||
| Present Situation: Graduate work at the Maxwell School of International Business, Syracuse University. | |||||
| Patrick's comments on the IST major: | |||||
| "I feel I greatly benefitted from the support and encouragement the faculty of SUNY Cortland gave me. My studies at Beijing were a great experience in gaining first-hand knowledge of international affairs." | |||||
| Jennifer Demme (graduated May, 1992) | |||||
| Concentration: History | |||||
| Language: Spanish | |||||
| Present Situation: Freelance Producer for MTV and Independent Films | |||||
| Jennifer's comments on the IST major: | |||||
| "I liked the fact that it has so many disciplines within the major-you weren't limited. I felt that being an IST major at [SUNY Cortland] gave me a real education in history for the first time in all my years in school. I also felt that the quality of education I received for a state school (vs. private, e.g., Syracuse, Cornell, Ithaca), was fantastic." | |||||