Alpha Chi Nu Reflection

During my sophomore year at Southern Maine community College, I was invited to the Phi Theta Kappa international honor society, and was elected as the vice president of service for our chapter, Alpha Chi Nu. Every year we pursue a certain academic area that pertains to relevant issues. During the semester, we focused on a political and scientific based issue, fossil fuels and it’s heavy influence on the college system. With little experience in politics and business, my influence and aide in the team had come from my strong scientific background in comparison with my teammates. We had found out, that the Maine Community College System had investments involving fossil fuels, amounting to one million dollars. Having little knowledge in politics, my political science and business owner colleagues and myself …show more content…
We then discussed with many large investment firms about building a green portfolio, and I had become the advocate for the scientific aspect, when discussing the impact of damage to the environment from carbon emissions. We had drawn up a green portfolio, met with the college president and the president of finance for the Maine Community College System, and even got on to the schedule for discussion on the Maine Community College Systems Financial board of directors, annual meeting. I have worked with many teams prior to Alpha Chi Nu, but this team was one of the most talented one of all, and I had the opportunity to learn a plethora of skills and took many leadership and teamwork courses, which undoubtedly made me into a far better team player and