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Submission Number: 85
Submission ID: 405
Submission UUID: d54360d6-bac4-4c49-a4f9-de42e410d1fc
Created: Tue, 05/11/2021 - 15:00
Completed: Tue, 05/11/2021 - 15:00
Changed: Tue, 09/03/2024 - 20:06
Remote IP address: 87.68.68.52
Submitted by:Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
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Jesse
Hettleman
He/him
Denver
CO
United States
80220
Engineering Plus
English (5), Hebrew (3), Spanish (1)
Last August, about a week before my freshman year at CU Boulder was set to begin, I decided to defer my enrollment and move to Tel Aviv, Israel. Despite being offered various gap year programs with fellow 18 and 19 year-old gap year freshmen, I chose to join a program that offered a little more freedom and a lot more diversity: Destination Israel. Destination Israel is a program that matches participants with internship placements in Tel Aviv. I worked 25-35 hours per week with an international company called CuraLife, a nutraceutical company passionate about helping people with Type 2 diabetes in natural ways.
Before I knew it, I found myself living in Tel Aviv with a group of people from the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Germany, Uruguay, Columbia, England, Israel, and many other countries. On top of that, most of the participants were between the ages of 23-30. I am very grateful for the experience and perspective I gained by meeting and becoming friends with people from such diverse backgrounds. I realized how important it is to me to remain open minded and willing to listen and learn from cultures, languages, traditions, and individuals and the perspectives they have to offer.
I also spent a significant portion of this year learning Hebrew. Whether through Hebrew lessons or simply by interacting with local Israeli people, I have embraced and enjoyed the challenge of having to communicate in a foreign language -- from figuring out how to buy groceries to discussing work-related issues to playing on an Israeli basketball team. After spending time living in community with so many bilingual and multilingual people, I have internalized a strong desire to learn a language fluently and to become fully bilingual. I plan on continuing to develop my Hebrew language skills and to advance my high school Spanish going forward.
Have you ever heard of Shawarma and Falafel? I believe that food is an important and fun aspect of any global experience. For one of our first group activities when we started the program, the Destination Israel participants signed up into teams of about eight people each and chose a country to represent through culinary culture. After cooking a meal traditional to that country, the participants were able to walk around to different apartments and try the food people made. This was not only a great way to try traditional foods from different cultures and countries, but it also made me realize the impactful role food can play in building community. Another significant part of my year has been trying the local mediterranian food in addition to tons of other amazing foods that Tel Aviv has to offer.
My year in Israel has been an awesome experience. I am still here as I write this. My internship is over and I am spending time traveling and exploring the country. My time here has increased my awareness of the importance of sharing knowledge globally and learning from engineering work going on in other countries. A year ago, I would not have thought about a program like Global Engineering RAP for myself, but after my experiences during my gap year I am passionate about gaining as much of a global perspective on engineering as I possibly can, and I am deeply excited by the idea of being able to live in a RAP with people who share this passion.
Before I knew it, I found myself living in Tel Aviv with a group of people from the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Germany, Uruguay, Columbia, England, Israel, and many other countries. On top of that, most of the participants were between the ages of 23-30. I am very grateful for the experience and perspective I gained by meeting and becoming friends with people from such diverse backgrounds. I realized how important it is to me to remain open minded and willing to listen and learn from cultures, languages, traditions, and individuals and the perspectives they have to offer.
I also spent a significant portion of this year learning Hebrew. Whether through Hebrew lessons or simply by interacting with local Israeli people, I have embraced and enjoyed the challenge of having to communicate in a foreign language -- from figuring out how to buy groceries to discussing work-related issues to playing on an Israeli basketball team. After spending time living in community with so many bilingual and multilingual people, I have internalized a strong desire to learn a language fluently and to become fully bilingual. I plan on continuing to develop my Hebrew language skills and to advance my high school Spanish going forward.
Have you ever heard of Shawarma and Falafel? I believe that food is an important and fun aspect of any global experience. For one of our first group activities when we started the program, the Destination Israel participants signed up into teams of about eight people each and chose a country to represent through culinary culture. After cooking a meal traditional to that country, the participants were able to walk around to different apartments and try the food people made. This was not only a great way to try traditional foods from different cultures and countries, but it also made me realize the impactful role food can play in building community. Another significant part of my year has been trying the local mediterranian food in addition to tons of other amazing foods that Tel Aviv has to offer.
My year in Israel has been an awesome experience. I am still here as I write this. My internship is over and I am spending time traveling and exploring the country. My time here has increased my awareness of the importance of sharing knowledge globally and learning from engineering work going on in other countries. A year ago, I would not have thought about a program like Global Engineering RAP for myself, but after my experiences during my gap year I am passionate about gaining as much of a global perspective on engineering as I possibly can, and I am deeply excited by the idea of being able to live in a RAP with people who share this passion.
I am someone who gets along with almost anyone. I thoroughly enjoy meeting new people, no matter who they are, where they come from, or how they act. I have learned that it is important to not carry predetermined expectations when meeting new people. On top of that, the people I end up befriending have character traits and personalities that I could have never imagined beforehand. When I first arrived in Israel, I was required to complete a 14-day quarantine. Not knowing any of my roommates prior to my arrival, it was an adventure to be stuck inside with 4 other random people for two weeks. After quarantine, I had so much fun meeting and becoming friends with everyone from the program as well as random people throughout Israel. I didn’t get to choose my roommates, the other program participants, or the random connections I made, but I still found it valuable to establish a sense of community and home among the people I met.
With that being said, my vision of an ideal person living down the hall from me would be someone who is social and welcoming. I hope they would have a different perspective to offer from my own, and I would love to hear about their global travel or study abroad experiences and what they learned from them. I would also hope that a person who lives down the hall is interested in other subjects than engineering. Although most people in the Global Engineering RAP are probably pretty passionate about engineering, I would hope to be able to learn and grow alongside people with broad interests in areas beyond purely academic ones. I hope to be surrounded by people who are adventurous and not afraid to try new things. I hope for friends who are open to interesting, challenging, and unique experiences and for friends who actively seek those experiences. I firmly believe in the power of community and I love to fully embrace the communities that I am a part of. I hope the person down the hall is interested in being a part of a community as well. I would like to be able to build strong memories of the global trips, experiences, and impactful engineering projects we completed together with the person down the hall.
With that being said, my vision of an ideal person living down the hall from me would be someone who is social and welcoming. I hope they would have a different perspective to offer from my own, and I would love to hear about their global travel or study abroad experiences and what they learned from them. I would also hope that a person who lives down the hall is interested in other subjects than engineering. Although most people in the Global Engineering RAP are probably pretty passionate about engineering, I would hope to be able to learn and grow alongside people with broad interests in areas beyond purely academic ones. I hope to be surrounded by people who are adventurous and not afraid to try new things. I hope for friends who are open to interesting, challenging, and unique experiences and for friends who actively seek those experiences. I firmly believe in the power of community and I love to fully embrace the communities that I am a part of. I hope the person down the hall is interested in being a part of a community as well. I would like to be able to build strong memories of the global trips, experiences, and impactful engineering projects we completed together with the person down the hall.
Although I have not begun studying engineering yet, I believe that joining the Global Engineering RAP could provide the opportunity for powerful and impactful applied engineering experiences. I love math and I love science. I also love problem solving and I love being a leader. The Global Engineering RAP could be the perfect place to translate my passions into meaningful real world solutions as part of a community of engineers. I believe that engineering and the process of problem solving alone isn’t nearly as effective as integrating the perspectives and knowledge of others, seeing things through different lenses or alternate viewpoints, and coming together to create a collective solution.
I am currently writing this application from Tel Aviv, Israel. I just returned to my apartment after a week-long road trip that I organized to tour the country. I checked my email, saw this application and was immediately moved to begin reflecting: Living independently has been an incredible experience. Living and learning with people from different countries and cultures has been an incredible experience. Living in a new country, exploring its culture, learning its language, travelling around it, and seeing all it has to offer has been an incredible experience. Incredible in many ways. I feel that I have not only grown and learned as a person, but my core values and beliefs have changed as a result of my year abroad. Through my experiences I have developed a strong belief and passion in the value of taking a global perspective. I hope that I can bring my experiences and personal perspectives to the Global Engineering RAP, and I would be thrilled to continue learning and growing through global, cultural, linguistic, and meaningful engineering experiences alongside like-minded peers.
P.S: I am having trouble editing my resume right now because I do not have access to an editable version with the computer I have here. I am attaching an old copy. The only experience I would add would be my internship from this year. I worked for a company called CuraLife as a business development intern. CuraLife is a company that works with type 2 diabetics through all natural solutions including digital health care, community support, educational therapy, and natural supplements. My responsibilities included market research/analysis, planning and executing low cost marketing campaigns, and making phone calls to prospective customers. I worked 30 hours per week from October 2020 through May 2021.
I am currently writing this application from Tel Aviv, Israel. I just returned to my apartment after a week-long road trip that I organized to tour the country. I checked my email, saw this application and was immediately moved to begin reflecting: Living independently has been an incredible experience. Living and learning with people from different countries and cultures has been an incredible experience. Living in a new country, exploring its culture, learning its language, travelling around it, and seeing all it has to offer has been an incredible experience. Incredible in many ways. I feel that I have not only grown and learned as a person, but my core values and beliefs have changed as a result of my year abroad. Through my experiences I have developed a strong belief and passion in the value of taking a global perspective. I hope that I can bring my experiences and personal perspectives to the Global Engineering RAP, and I would be thrilled to continue learning and growing through global, cultural, linguistic, and meaningful engineering experiences alongside like-minded peers.
P.S: I am having trouble editing my resume right now because I do not have access to an editable version with the computer I have here. I am attaching an old copy. The only experience I would add would be my internship from this year. I worked for a company called CuraLife as a business development intern. CuraLife is a company that works with type 2 diabetics through all natural solutions including digital health care, community support, educational therapy, and natural supplements. My responsibilities included market research/analysis, planning and executing low cost marketing campaigns, and making phone calls to prospective customers. I worked 30 hours per week from October 2020 through May 2021.
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