卡米尔的 下面和超越 presentation focused on the impact of her recent travels — to 德国和波兰 on a 全球经验研讨会 和 summer internships back in her home country of Canada — on her career search.

令人惊讶的是，quamezi变成了当地人 下面是学生会 president began her international journey closer to home at a pre-university program called CEGEP in Saint-Hyacinthe, 魁北克, 她在那里学习国际 法律 以及2019年的冲突调解. Her prescribed courses in the program trained her to become a paralegal, 完成模拟审判的机会, 法院的观察, 和 a semester-long internship in Montréal’s legal department.

She also had the chance to travel for two 和 a half weeks to Belgium 和 Switzerl和, where she was able to see international 法律 和 policy in action at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva. A lightbulb went off when she witnessed a mediator meeting in a conference room there.

“In all my 法律 research, I had never thought about being a mediator,” Camille says. “I have always hated conflicts, even when I was very little. I knew I could not become a family 法律yer 和 deal with divorce 和 separation where children are involved. This is why becoming a member of the UN Mediator organization is now one of my goals, because I feel I could help in a bigger way without going to court. I have done some research on how to become a mediator, 这是一个漫长而广泛的过程, so my goal is to go to 法律 school 和 then get opportunities that could get me there one day.”

Serving on the court at a Bucs volleyball game.

Camille completed a summer job after finishing up her paralegal studies from CEGEP. She conducted case research 和 scoured court ruling books on behalf of working 法律yers, which she found to be both repetitive 和 redundant. 这项工作始于新冠疫情爆发的头几个月, 和 although she appreciated the flexibility of working from home, 她感到孤立无援. She knew she wanted to experience a more flexible curriculum than her paralegal program, where she could explore more topics related to 法律 和 国际关系 提高英语口语和写作能力.

这就是伯洛伊特如何出现的. 学院给了她学习的机会 政治科学 和 环境研究，除…之外 法律与正义 minor, with the freedom to choose her own path. While she applied to multiple schools in the U.S. 在加拿大，伯洛伊特是最合适的人选 出国留学 programs like the 全球经验研讨会 that fit her academic interests 和 goals. She drove 17 hours from 魁北克 to Beloit 和 has been on the move since.

去年夏天，渡过了 全球体验办公室她参加了一个夏季研讨会 德国和波兰 learning about the commemoration of the atrocities of the Holocaust. Her research group analyzed the Topography of Terror, a museum housed in what was once the headquarters of the S.S., 纳粹准军事组织.

Camille researched the Topography of Terror, then visited the site in Berlin.

“The 德国和波兰 trip was something that I always dreamed of doing,” says Camille. “足够有趣, the itinerary was something that I planned with some of my friends four years ago, 但我们从未去过. When I saw that it was offered as a research project seminar, I immediately applied. Talking to the people who live there is something that you can’t get in a classroom setting. It was also a really great opportunity for me to 出国留学 for less than a semester. I am on the volleyball team 和 I knew that I wanted to become the BSG president, so leaving for only a couple of weeks was the perfect opportunity for me in order to not miss out on other opportunities on campus.”

The trip was an emotional 和 transformational lesson in empathy, 和 she found it hard to talk much about the experience for weeks afterwards. 在Beloit和Beyond, she presented a second time in a group symposium about their travel experiences. “An hour in the presentation was not enough time to talk about our trip,” she says.

Not long after the trip, Camille embarked on an internship at Terrien Couture Joliccreur Inc.这是一家位于魁北克的私人律师事务所. “我爱这家公司，”她说. 作为运营团队的一员, she learned the ins 和 outs of running a 法律 office: scheduling, 搬迁办公室, 管理任务, 参加会议. 她的上司对她表示欢迎和支持, even sitting down with her to give her advice on her future career.

Camille is planning to take the LSAT in April, after study preparation with friends in the 法律俱乐部. After deciding to narrow her 法律 studies to either international politics or environmental 法律, she is a current intern at Nature at the Confluence 和 hopes to secure another internship next summer. She’s excited to make new relationships 和 affect positive change on campus as next year’s student body president. It all begs the question: Where will she go next?