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Submission Number: 206
Submission ID: 897
Submission UUID: 7c58714e-3d99-4f42-b4f1-18c48aca3bad
Created: Sun, 04/10/2022 - 22:09
Completed: Sun, 04/10/2022 - 22:09
Changed: Fri, 05/16/2025 - 01:28
Remote IP address: 128.138.129.52
Submitted by:Anonymous
Language: English
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Flagged: Yes
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Rico
Nelson
He/Him/His
Aurora
Colorado
United States
80016
Civil Engineering
English (5), Spanish (3), French (3)
9 AM on Sunday, July 11th, 2021: I step out of my mom’s car at the YMCA of the Rockies in Winter Park, Colorado. I am at Adam’s Camp.
Adam’s Camp is a camp designed to give people with disabilities the opportunity to participate in activities in a space that accommodates their needs. I decided to volunteer at this camp to invoke social change, working to include those with special needs more in society.
As the sun went down and I met the campers, I was introduced to a myriad of people with needs that I had never considered before. One camper named Noah was born with Down Syndrome and Autism. Noah was relatively immobile without the help of someone else. Yet because I had no experience with those who required physical assistance, I was uncomfortable with the thought of aiding Noah throughout the week.
Amidst my discomfort, I ceded my feelings to help Noah hike; it was our first group activity. Noah leaned on my shoulder. As we took our tentative steps along the dirt path, he clutched my arm in fear. I repeated ”I got you” continuously to assure him that we were steady. After some time together, Noah peered up at me with a huge smile on his face; instantly, I knew that our relationship would blossom. And as the week went on, I found that whenever I helped Noah walk, served him his meals, or simply colored with him, he would smile. Noah’s smiles accumulated his love, joy, and thankfulness into one simple, friendly gesture. The abundance of connection I unraveled with Noah inspired me to get to know the other campers. Consequently, I was able to make many new friends while at camp.
Overall, this experience prepared me for CU’s Global Engineering Residential Academic Program because it allowed me to channel my empathy and inclusive character into a practical service opportunity, where, through love and compassion, I effected change in my local community. As a potential member of the RAP, I know that I must demonstrate a want to effect change in the global community through my progressive technical skills and cognizance of my social surroundings. And at a smaller scale, I have already exhibited this desire, leading my community to be more inclusive to individuals with special needs through this immersive, local travel experience.
Adam’s Camp is a camp designed to give people with disabilities the opportunity to participate in activities in a space that accommodates their needs. I decided to volunteer at this camp to invoke social change, working to include those with special needs more in society.
As the sun went down and I met the campers, I was introduced to a myriad of people with needs that I had never considered before. One camper named Noah was born with Down Syndrome and Autism. Noah was relatively immobile without the help of someone else. Yet because I had no experience with those who required physical assistance, I was uncomfortable with the thought of aiding Noah throughout the week.
Amidst my discomfort, I ceded my feelings to help Noah hike; it was our first group activity. Noah leaned on my shoulder. As we took our tentative steps along the dirt path, he clutched my arm in fear. I repeated ”I got you” continuously to assure him that we were steady. After some time together, Noah peered up at me with a huge smile on his face; instantly, I knew that our relationship would blossom. And as the week went on, I found that whenever I helped Noah walk, served him his meals, or simply colored with him, he would smile. Noah’s smiles accumulated his love, joy, and thankfulness into one simple, friendly gesture. The abundance of connection I unraveled with Noah inspired me to get to know the other campers. Consequently, I was able to make many new friends while at camp.
Overall, this experience prepared me for CU’s Global Engineering Residential Academic Program because it allowed me to channel my empathy and inclusive character into a practical service opportunity, where, through love and compassion, I effected change in my local community. As a potential member of the RAP, I know that I must demonstrate a want to effect change in the global community through my progressive technical skills and cognizance of my social surroundings. And at a smaller scale, I have already exhibited this desire, leading my community to be more inclusive to individuals with special needs through this immersive, local travel experience.
As I settle into a new environment with a new community of people around me, I want the person down the hall from me to be a mutli-dimensional person, loving and supporting others in their field of engineering while having an adventurous personality.
The most important quality I hope my neighbor possesses is a desire to love others through their kindness. This quality will indicate that my neighbor values people other than him/herself and seeks to do something good with their quality education just as I do. For instance, I want my neighbor to be passionate about participating in the Engineers without Borders program, integrating their engineering degree into humanitarian work that affects the global community.
In addition to my neighbor’s compassionate character, I would want them to be devoted to creating a supportive environment within the RAP. Going through the IB program in high school, I was part of a small community of intellects that provided a community of support around me where I felt encouraged to pursue my passion in learning. Not only that, but I was able to learn from my classmates how to be an efficient student, refining my study habits and managing my time better. I want the supportive environment of IB to be embodied within my neighbor’s attitude. If I’m struggling with differential equations, I would love to be able to go to my neighbor and ask them for help, knowing that they care about my academic well-being and are able to use their intelligence to provide an answer or at least struggle with me.
Now, while I love classes like calculus and physics, I don’t love them all day every day–who does? So, I would like my neighbor to have an extroverted personality, being someone who I can unwind with on the weekends and school breaks. Denver is a beautiful city with a myriad of activities I’d love to explore with my neighbor. Also, I’d love my neighbor to be an outgoing person who inspires me to get out of my comfort zone in order to enter into new experiences and find new passions. For example, I want my neighbor to be someone who encourages me to join their intramural volleyball team or try a beginners guitar class with them.
Overall, I hope that my neighbor at the Global Engineering RAP is a friend to me and to others, filled with love, encouragement and vivaciousness in their studies and in the other aspects of their life.
The most important quality I hope my neighbor possesses is a desire to love others through their kindness. This quality will indicate that my neighbor values people other than him/herself and seeks to do something good with their quality education just as I do. For instance, I want my neighbor to be passionate about participating in the Engineers without Borders program, integrating their engineering degree into humanitarian work that affects the global community.
In addition to my neighbor’s compassionate character, I would want them to be devoted to creating a supportive environment within the RAP. Going through the IB program in high school, I was part of a small community of intellects that provided a community of support around me where I felt encouraged to pursue my passion in learning. Not only that, but I was able to learn from my classmates how to be an efficient student, refining my study habits and managing my time better. I want the supportive environment of IB to be embodied within my neighbor’s attitude. If I’m struggling with differential equations, I would love to be able to go to my neighbor and ask them for help, knowing that they care about my academic well-being and are able to use their intelligence to provide an answer or at least struggle with me.
Now, while I love classes like calculus and physics, I don’t love them all day every day–who does? So, I would like my neighbor to have an extroverted personality, being someone who I can unwind with on the weekends and school breaks. Denver is a beautiful city with a myriad of activities I’d love to explore with my neighbor. Also, I’d love my neighbor to be an outgoing person who inspires me to get out of my comfort zone in order to enter into new experiences and find new passions. For example, I want my neighbor to be someone who encourages me to join their intramural volleyball team or try a beginners guitar class with them.
Overall, I hope that my neighbor at the Global Engineering RAP is a friend to me and to others, filled with love, encouragement and vivaciousness in their studies and in the other aspects of their life.
I want to be a member of the Global Engineering Residential Academic Program at CU because I want to learn how I can apply my education as a civil engineer to the global structural issues that countries face.
As a follower of Jesus Christ, I believe that one of my missions in life is to love others through my actions. And as I look at this calling in relation to my interests in the field of engineering, I see that the way to be loving towards others is by caring for their material needs through building up regional infrastructures. That said, I know that the Global Engineering RAP is designed to instruct students like me. The RAP integrates engineering with a study of the social, economic and political predicaments which create a disparity in regional wealth, health and access to resources. This global context is what the RAP can contribute to my education as an engineer to intertwine my skills with a knowledge of how and where I can effect change in the world. More specifically, after going through the RAP’s Introduction to Global Engineering and other courses like it, I will be able to identify the “structural injustices” present within each region of the world, and I will know how I can apply my skills to solve the problem.
Additionally, in being immersed in the RAP community and experiencing the homogeneous atmosphere of love and compassion of the staff and my fellow students, I hope that my own love for others will grow. As part of this community, I want to be encouraged to participate in programs and events where I can apply my global engineering experience to help others, taking advantage of opportunities such as Engineers in Action.
I plan to contribute to this residential community by incorporating my perspective of the global environment as an African American and Mexican, Spanish-speaking male. It is unfortunate but true that some of the countries most affected by poverty and disease are in Africa and South America. Through my ethnic and linguistic ties to these areas, I feel like part of my identity lies within them, which inspires me to positively impact those regions. Consequently, I will demonstrate a fervency in learning about how I can help build-up the infrastructures of countries within these two continents so that I can improve the lives of those living there. Ultimately, as a diligent student inspired by his multicultural background, I will fit perfectly into the international perspective this program seeks to embody.
As a follower of Jesus Christ, I believe that one of my missions in life is to love others through my actions. And as I look at this calling in relation to my interests in the field of engineering, I see that the way to be loving towards others is by caring for their material needs through building up regional infrastructures. That said, I know that the Global Engineering RAP is designed to instruct students like me. The RAP integrates engineering with a study of the social, economic and political predicaments which create a disparity in regional wealth, health and access to resources. This global context is what the RAP can contribute to my education as an engineer to intertwine my skills with a knowledge of how and where I can effect change in the world. More specifically, after going through the RAP’s Introduction to Global Engineering and other courses like it, I will be able to identify the “structural injustices” present within each region of the world, and I will know how I can apply my skills to solve the problem.
Additionally, in being immersed in the RAP community and experiencing the homogeneous atmosphere of love and compassion of the staff and my fellow students, I hope that my own love for others will grow. As part of this community, I want to be encouraged to participate in programs and events where I can apply my global engineering experience to help others, taking advantage of opportunities such as Engineers in Action.
I plan to contribute to this residential community by incorporating my perspective of the global environment as an African American and Mexican, Spanish-speaking male. It is unfortunate but true that some of the countries most affected by poverty and disease are in Africa and South America. Through my ethnic and linguistic ties to these areas, I feel like part of my identity lies within them, which inspires me to positively impact those regions. Consequently, I will demonstrate a fervency in learning about how I can help build-up the infrastructures of countries within these two continents so that I can improve the lives of those living there. Ultimately, as a diligent student inspired by his multicultural background, I will fit perfectly into the international perspective this program seeks to embody.
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