On 13 November, the BSoG organised a career event for its BA and MA students. Moderated by the Director of our BA in International Affairs Programme Prof Tongfi Kim, it featured a panel of four young professionals with very diverse career backgrounds. The BSoG was happy to welcome Marius Houwen from Microsoft, Sarah Krimi from Make Mothers Matter, Ellen Moser from Egmont Institute as well as Paola Lo Bue Oddo from the European Commission - it is particularly noteworthy that the first two panelists have been BSoG alumni themselves!
During a first part, the panelists were asked about their jobs, their daily work environments as well as recommendations for students potentially interested in embarking on similar career paths. Later on, students got the chance to ask questions themselves, both to individual panelists as well as all of them together, with students engaging happily in this part.
Later on, a reception was held, with all of the participants having the chance to mingle over pizza and meet the panelists on a more bilateral basis. It was amazing to see the panelists be open to the individual conversations, which filled the event space of BSoG for more than an hour. Overall, happy faces eventually left the building, showing which interesting thoughts had been shared on this evening. Special thanks go to Prof. Kim for organising and moderating the event, the four panelists for being with us, the BSoG events team for their continuous support as well as all participants for their interests!
