Driving into JFK to board my flight I can most clearly remember the sense of excitement and anticipation for my journey ahead. As a kid, I had always been interested in eastern cultures. Particularly the Japanese interested me because of how far away their home was from mine, and because …
I did not truly come to the realization that we were on the other side of the world until I stepped foot into the Madagascar air in the daylight. When we arrived on New Year’s Eve, we were still dazed from the full day of travel, from New York to …
The questions began before I even left the airport upon arriving in Berlin when the customs agent saw my name. “Ah, Moeller! Are you German?” “My grandfather’s family is from Germany.” “Very nice, where are they from?” “I don’t know.” “How long ago did they move to the United States?” …
This past summer I had the incredible opportunity to study Humanities in Berlin with Dr. Behrend and eleven strangers who I now consider to be my good friends. We spent a month learning about and experiencing so many of the things that make Berlin and Germany unique. From the cheap …
The local history internship that I participated in this summer was a great experience for me. I went into this internship not really knowing what to expect, although I knew that I really enjoyed learning about local history thanks to a research project I had already completed that focused on …
As a first-year history student, I started Professor Amanda Lewis-Nang’ea’s class on the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa with very limited knowledge on the subject matter. At the beginning of our semester, we were assigned a project that would act as a sort of capstone to this class – a …
This past fall I had the unique opportunity of initiating my own dek hockey (ball hockey) program at the Dansville Primary School and Community Center. As a Community Advocates Ambassador, I was awarded a $3,500 grant through the Geneseo Center of Integrative Learning to implement a program addressing youth recreation …
The skills learned in the SUNY Geneseo History Department are widely applicable to work outside of college. During the Fall 2018 semester, I interned at the Livingston County Planning Department at the Government Center in town. Though this internship was set up through the Geography Department and requires GIS mapping …
Research into Sherman’s March to the Sea and the role of African Americans led me to a better understanding of why historical analysis is an important skill. Throughout the research process, I was taking all these primary source accounts of the Civil War at face value and was temporarily lost …
I spent last semester living and interning in Washington, D.C. through the SUNY Washington Internship Program. I’ve always wanted to work in politics or government in some capacity in Washington after finishing school, but I never dreamed I would have an opportunity to live and intern in D.C. during my …
