My name is Sebastian. This is my first blog and I hope you find this interesting reading material. I've been thinking for a while how to make this introductory entry something different than a list of adjectives and nouns that I could fill into an application form, and to be honest it has been a little bit hard. Let me start by saying I'm from Colombia. I was born and raised in Bogotá and came to Trinity University when I turned 18 to begin my college career. Two of the most important reasons that led to choosing this school are small class sizes and financial aid. My high school graduating class was 94 people, and classes were rarely greater than 30 students. Being used to this scenario, I thought Trinity was a better match for me. Also, Trinity offered me the best financial aid among the school's that accepted me. At the beginning of sophomore year I declared Economics as my major. I think this is a very powerful tool that can affect many people's lives, and I hope that one day, I can use it for the improvement of my country.

I also feel I'm a musician at heart. I love playing my guitar and have been taking voice lessons at Trinity since sophomore year. I've been in Trinity choir since my first year, but took a little recess this year since I will be going abroad next semester and I am involved in many extracurricular activities. I'm the vice-president of "Venga". This club is for everyone who wants to practice their Spanish skills. We meet in the Tiger's Den (which is the bar we have on-campus) and have fun playing board games, listening to songs, both of them in Spanish, or just casual conversation. I’m also the Meetings Director of the International Club. Although my executive role is not that big (I take minutes in all the meetings and coordinate them), I still need to collaborate with the other executive officers to organize the events we hold.

My biggest responsibility right now is being an ASR senator. ASR (Association of Student Representatives) is the student government organization at Trinity. As a Senator, I have voting rights on the decisions we make on the different issues that are brought up to us. I also have a direct role to playing on any issue I pick on. For example, the student course evaluations are undergoing a reformation process and I have been “lobbying” to the faculty so student can be more involved. I believe it is vital that students can have good insight about what could motivate them to give good quality feedback to the faculty and ensure we’re not deprived from our right to do so.

I hope this entry was a little bit more interesting than what I could have accomplished by making a list. I must admit it is hard to keep things both brief and interesting when writing about what any student can do in college. My other blog entries will hopefully be more “story-oriented”, and very probably from a foreign location (WOOT WOOT GERMANY!!!!). I mentioned earlier I will be going abroad: my destination will be Freiburg, Germany. However, the program I’ve enrolled in has a big focus on the relations between European nations, and so, I will be doing several field trips to other countries (Hungary, Czech Republic, Latvia, Poland, France, Belgium). I’m sure this will be as exciting as it sounds, if not more. And loads of pictures too!

Auf Wiedersehen!

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