This Movie night was hosted by the Muslim Student Association where students were invited to enjoy a movie while being offered snacks and food. This took place at the community room in the duke center. I first found out about this event through a member of the Muslim Student Association who is also apart of the Southern Management Leadership Program. This was great experience where I got to relax with friends!
As an SMLP student member in this networking meeting, we was able to to network with past SMLP students that related in the same majors as the current SMLP cohort. We got to ask questions and gain advice from these older student graduates who graduated from PGCC and transferred to graduate at UMD for their bachelors. This was a great experience as I got to meet two other older students in my major.
SMLP Students were invited to visit the SMLP Hotel at The University of Maryland, where students dressed in business casual clothes to meet the members of the hotel and ask questions about their work. We were given a tour of the hotel where we visited the main major attractions of Hotel. Students engaged in group conversations with each other and were also treated with food. This was a great experience as it got me and my peers more insight on UMD since that is where the SMLP students will be transferring next.
When it came tot he topic of code switching and fitting in, I felt it was a great conversation because everyone at one point in their life has tried to fit in certain groups especially when they were young. Code Switching is something people often do appear more presentable to the people they are trying to get accepted by, and this is something I have personally done before. These are all realistic topics that people experiences and I felt that is what made the session interesting.
With the SMLP program we went to a clothing donation shelter in Riverdale where we helped sort clothes and help the shelter with their daily work. The clothes are donated clothes that are made available to people in the community who are in need of clothing. These clothing's are for Men, Women and children of all ages. Here we were able to work in groups and showcase our teamwork skills to get our tasks done.
Another great DMSI session, which was the last session of the fall semester. In this session we spoke topics that involved our future and our reflection on ourselves. These reflections involved thinking about the things that we accomplished during the year and would be taking with us to the next year. We shared these reflections with the people in the session and it created a very open environment and to me that is one of the best parts of this program.
It was a very personal interesting session, because we had a guest speaker come in to talk to us. Fundamental life lessons and advice was given to us, and during this session, we were allowed to share experiences out loud, which made the session very personal. Overall a DMSI great session!
I enjoyed the topic discussed in the scholarship night. What I really enjoyed the most was hearing other people views and thoughts about the topic of masculinity and how important it really is. Many people were asking questions which allowed to learn some things also. Overall great information.
In this session of DMSI, we spoke about the topic surrounding mental wellness and we had special guests. This was a very sensitive topic, but I enjoyed the conversations surrounding it, because mental health is something that is often disregarded especially in the lives of men. Talking about misconceptions and sharing experiences was a very powerful moment and I enjoy how real and beneficial these sessions are.
In this DMSI session, the students were assisted in registering for the spring semester early on, which is very beneficial. The students were also provided pizza, which was very great and encouraging for the students to show up to the session and register. Overall it was a great session and it was very beneficial to me and many other students.
