This past week I attended a meet-and-greet event at the Association of American Universities (AAU) office with other students interning at AAU or for the Federal Relations office at another higher-ed institution.
For some info on AAU: The Association of American Universities is a nonprofit association of 59 U.S. and two Canadian preeminent public and private research universities. Founded in 1900, AAU focuses on national and institutional issues that are important to research-intensive universities; including funding for research, research and education policy, and graduate and undergraduate education…this includes The Ohio State University.
The purpose of the meet-and-greet was to get to know some of the other interns who I very well may be seeing at hearings or other events, since we all share a common interest in issues affecting higher education.
I was not only excited to meet the other interns, but also of the prospect of free pizza at the event, and both lived up to the expectations.
I met the intern working in the state up north's institution (UM), and despite popular belief, he is a normal human being. We actually hope to have a social event with the WAIP interns and their internship program at some point this summer.
I also met a freshman girl from Harvard who let me know that the "houses" or residential buildings at Harvard (as seen on the movie the Social Network) are a lot like the sorting hat in Harry Potter in that people are selected or denied to specific houses through a pretty involved process. Interesting stuff talking with her!
There were about 25 interns there from schools in Texas, North Carolina, the Ivy League, and everywhere in between. It was a great experience meeting those individuals and a nice way to break up the day. I'm glad I went!
-Kevin Arndt
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