Let's talk a bit about the summer. Well, I shouldn't have called it summer, as for me, the past 4 months was more like another term. As mentioned in previous blog posts, I got into the URGO Summer Research program. From May 23rd to July 30th, I worked under the instruction of Professor Stoller to study the convergence between the US GAAP and the IFRS (GAAP stands for Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and IFRS stands for International Financial Reporting Standards.) Basically, IFRS is an international set of standards that have been used by approximately 120 countries around the world, while US GAAP is used within US (obviously!) With the ongoing globalization process, the Boards (FASB and IASB) decided to work on a joint project to diminish differences between the two sets of standards. And my job is to study about this convergence, and see how GAAP, IFRS, and the convergence will affect different stakeholders. I really enjoyed the research experience, firstly because it was more like I got paid to study, secondly because I got to study something I'm passionate about. Above all, I see a lot of benefits from participating in the program.
Besides the research, I signed up for a summer class, which was the REL200, taught by Professor Dean Seal. Right after the class I wrote a reflection entry but did not have the chance to finish and post it up. I will try to work on that later. However, to summarize, I have to say that Professor Seal made it a very interesting class. Teaching a religion class, he did a good job of breaking away from the rigid textbooks and gave us a chance to discuss, explore, and exchange what we know about the world. I am really happy that I took the class, because it is one of the classes that when I submitted my final exam, I just wanted to say "Thank you. You changed my life a great deal." Look out for my specific post about the class. Probably it would help you decide whether you should take it with Professor Seal.
And then, the past two weeks I was super busy with the orientation for new international students. My responsibilities would range from picking up students at the airport to jumping on a light rail to create a Scavenger Hunt for the students. Luckily, I got to work with Roque McSweeney, who, in my opinion, is an interesting and respectable person. Roque is a senior this year, and though we have talked some times before, I haven't had a chance to work with him until this summer. He is calm and careful, which is totally opposite to me. And he also doesn't mind taking the early morning or late night shifts when I couldn't be on campus. When we were done last Friday, I felt proud to have the opportunity to work with Jim, the director of International Students, and Roque. I will dedicate another post to this experience later.
Anyway, this semester I take on another position - Supplemental Instructor. I am really excited about it. Even though I have been tutoring for a while, supplemental instruction is another thing. I think it is a good opportunity for me to go over old materials and update my knowledge as well. Besides, below is my courses for this semester:
- ACC322 - Intermediate Accounting I
- ACC324 - Managerial Cost Accounting
- FIN460 - International Finance
- BUS 379 - Quantitative Methods/Business/Econ
- HON340 - Junior Colliquium: Scholar as Leader
By the way, did you notice the title? Yes. September always brings me reminiscing excitement. It is exciting, but it also reminds me of the past Septembers, especially the September of 2009 when I first came to US. Time does fly.
I will go to bed for a refreshing first day at school now. Keep in touch! Feel free to comment and ask me questions ;)
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