Introduction
Greetings
all!!!
Hello!
My name is Qianyu Mo, an international student originally from Guangzhou,
China. I’m studying for a Master of Public Administration (MPA), and focusing
on urban affairs and planning at the Graduate School of Publis and
International Affairs (GSPIA) from the University of Pittsburgh. My interests
are in dealing with urban development problems and issues technically and
practically. As an international student, I have already been in Pittsburgh for
eight months when 2015 spring term ended in April. Having finished my first
year graduate school study, I started doing my three-month summer internship in
the Borough of Churchill which is under the Local Government Academy (LGA)
program from June 1.
When
it comes to how to get my current internship offer in local government, it was
just a drama. Lol. I started looking for the summer intern jobs at the end of
March after the GSPIA DC Career trip. I went to the Local Government Academy summer
internship fair. It was there that I met managers from different municipalities,
talked to them and sent them resumes. Although LGA provided a lot of summer
internship positions related to my urban planning majors, I didn’t even imagine
that I could get chances for an interview and even an offer! At first, I
received an interview chance from Charleroi Borough, Washington County the day
after the career fair. I went to Chaleroi Borough for the interview for special
programs coordinator. However, after the interview I gave up for it was too far
for me to go to work taking me an hour to commute.
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| Parking meter in Charleroi |
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| Charleroi Borough Building |
And because there were no
more contacts in later days, I anxiously began to look for other internships
placing no more hope on LGA. What’s surprising, I got a phone call almost half
a month after the career fair from Borough of Churchill for summer internship
interview. With a thankful mind, I went there for the interview. The manager
and I talked for a while, and he just gave me an offer all of a sudden. Wasn’t
it like a drama to me? That’s my first summer internship offer!!! I couldn’t be
excited more!!!
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| Borough of Churchill building |
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