Last week, I, along with a few other rose scholars, went to Gimme Coffee and just… talked. This Rose event was different from most Rose events that I’ve attended in that there wasn’t a planned discussion. We had an organic conversation over a cup of coffee. To my surprise, I enjoyed it very much. During our discussion, we covered a variety of topics, ranging from coffee stories to Harry Potter. I really liked the style of this Rose event because I got to connect with my fellow Rose Scholars directly. I learned new things about my fellow scholars, and was exposed to different points of view on different concepts. A majority of our Rose Events, although informative and interesting, do not really allow for direct interaction with other scholars. As a Rose scholar next near I will personally try to attend more events like this one, because I liked the natural conversation and interation with other Scholars.
Rose Scholars Spring 2017
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I didn’t hear about this particular event, and I definitely would have attended if I had. I think it would be great to have more gatherings like these, in order to foster the Rose Scholars social community. I understand that we need to maintain our “academic” status by holding events with educational value, but if some social barriers were broken down by gatherings like the one you’ve posted about here, we might see more engaging discussions in the more academic setting. A balance between the social and academic events could be really complimentary.