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| 2016 Junior Council on World Affairs at Sinclair |
By Maya Quale
November 18, 2016 - The Dayton Regional STEM School (DRSS) JCOWA (Junior Council on
World Affairs) team, "JAWS COMET" (an acronym for "STEM + JCOWA") kicked off this year by
going to Sinclair Community College to attend an International Career Fair.
The
Dayton Junior Council on World Affairs (JCOWA) has students not only from DRSS,
but also Ponitz, Wilmington, Chaminade Julienne, and others. The event started
with an introduction from a counselor from Stiver’s School for the Arts about
getting ready for college.
While there, students also had the opportunity to hear from
24 different speakers about their jobs and international travel. There was a
woman from the University of Dayton who was involved with their study abroad
program, a dentist from a private practice, a respiratory therapist from
Kettering College, and many more.
Students were able to hear from six
people for 13 minutes each. 11th grade student Devin Wade found it to be an enlightening experience, saying “I thought
it was very interesting to learn about the various career paths.”
International
Career Day was very successful because of the knowledge obtained about the
various options students can take to travel at any time in their career. Thank
you to Sinclair Community College for hosting the event and the Dayton Rotary
Club for giving a generous grant to DCOWA.
