It’s difficult to overstate how much genuine human
connections contribute to our well-being in all facets of life. I am learning
that this is especially true of veterans. When people—often very different
people—come together to share and to listen, great things can happen.
As a senior in college, résumé building is a top-priority
sort of task—next behind endless homework of course. Hours of adding, editing,
changing, editing and formatting go into the single-sheet
“about-to-graduate-and-desperately-need-a-job-to-pay-off-my-loans” certificate
of transition. I have been fortunate enough to not need to fluff up my own résumé
with vague job descriptions and a list of activities I’m barely to not involved
in, in order to feel confident enough to land myself a job once I graduate. Via
an exceptionally supportive AU staff, my own human connections, I am currently
working my 4th internship this year, an accomplishment that shows
the faculty’s care and dedication.
