Personal Statement: Student Success

Academic Excellence & Intellectual Engagement

Student Success Nova University provides different extra help programs which would be beneficial for students. It is already including in our tuition; therefore, every student should give it a try. One of this program called “Student Success”, in Career Development office, it has a variety of workshop, which would help students to succeed. I choose to attend a workshop about time management. Before I went there, I was thinking, that they are going say few things about how to plan your time, which anyway not would be helpful for me. That would be it. On Friday, October 21, I came to my appointment at Student Success Center. First, I was surprised, how they were very prepared for my appointment.

It was a brilliant opportunity for students and faculty since there are only a few years where there will be survivors still alive. Before I went there, I was expecting to hear the stories which would inspire me and would give me a better understanding of Holocaust period. After attending this testimonial my expectations were proved. I enjoy listening his stories about escaping from the camps, about his lifestyle in that period. At that moment, he was only 15 years old, and I can imagine myself as the teenager, went through all these challenges of life. His stories touch my feelings and inspire me all my problems are nothing, comparing by what he went though. Holocaust is a horrible event which has an impact on a lot of people, it killed 6 million Jews. It includes 1.5 million children. I think it is part of our history and we have to know about what people went through. This experience connects with a history of our nation and I think now, not everybody interesting to know this, since it is already in the past. It is wrong, no matter how many years would past people should know their history. It is better to hear information from first-hand experiences of Holocaust Survivors. I am so glad that our university provides for us this tremendous

It is important for him to share his experience and tell the truth what happen. He wants to be heard and maybe influence on the teenagers by showing them that their life is not that hard. Sometimes students need to listen to those types of stories to get inspire. The Holocaust survival’s story inspires me even more than I was expected. While he was talking, I was feeling like I was there. I would be happy to attend those types of events in the future. I think it is brilliant opportunity that Nova provides for their students to hear different stories from first