Optics Student Panel Essay

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Optics Student Panel -Professional Development Activities During the student panel discussion held by the optics department, students (undergraduate, graduate and current professor) reflected on their experiences while here at the institute. The panel was conducted so that students could ask about graduate school, internships, and professional development within the optics major.
Something special about the optics department is how they have Industrial Association, which is when members, faculty, and students connect with optics companies. With this opportunity, many panelists were able to receive jobs and addressed how they got hired, their internship/job experiences, and insight on what they did in their specific jobs. The panelist also suggested courses that they wish they would have taken or classes they think are helpful taking before starting a job. This was very insightful to hear since the optics department does allow you to take a few classes outside of the curriculum. With this information, I have started looking …show more content…

Hearing a professor talk about their experience allowed me to see the other options outside of this university, and hear about the possibility of not being accepted here and moving forward with it. She went on to explain attending school at RIT and their color program offered. She also had a different path than most do after graduate school she was offered a job here at U of R as a professor but decided to go to industry before teaching. Her experience was very different from others and it is nice to hear that not everyone has the same path and although some struggle more than others but end up with the same goal. As Professor Kruschwitz also sits on the review committee for the graduate program she explained what the “ideal candidate” looks like and the review committee thought process of accepting

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