Challenges and opportunities were a hot topic of discussion at the Dean’s Colloquium last Friday in the Blue Room located in Sam Fore Hall.
The College of Arts and Sciences hosted the colloquium with Dr. F. Gregory Gause III as the guest speaker.
Gause is head of the international affairs department and is currently a professor at the The Bush School of Government and Public Service, a graduate school of Texas A&M University.
During the presentation Gause spoke on many challenges and opportunities that South Texan students will face.
After arriving and speaking during the colloquium, Gause expressed his gratitude of being the guest speaker and hopes to return along with other faculty members.
“I would like more of the faculty in the Bush School to come to Kingsville to meet the students and talk about the research and teaching that they do, so students at TAMU-Kingsville will have a better appreciation of the options they have as they consider what to do after graduation,” Gause said.
Students from various backgrounds attended the event as they thought of future obstacles, and hoped to gain knowledge on how to succeed in South Texas with diverse degrees.
“I’m about the graduate and I love Texas, but I want to broaden my horizons. I’m an English major and so one of my professors mentioned this and so I thought that this presentation would help me start thinking about the bigger picture,” Destiny Mendez, an English major, said.
Nirmal Goswami, professor of political science and the director of International Studies Minor, arranged the colloquium and advocates that TAMUK host more events like these because they help spark student interest and that, in turn, leads them to seek global experiences through TAMUK.
“[It’s important to have presentations on this topic because it] encourages our students to think of globally relevant careers in public service that they may not have thought of before. We are located in a rural area and our students do not have easy access to people who can talk about such opportunities. That’s why topics like global public service this year’s Arts & Sciences Dean’s Colloquium focus are important,” Goswami said.
