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UPS alumni shares real world work experience with students
Yujung Choi
Issue date: 2/23/07 Section: News
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As students graduate, they may wonder what they will do for the rest of their lives. This is where a little guidance becomes extremely helpful. Because college seniors are oftentimes undirected as to their future lives, feedback from those who have recently graduated and joined the workforce can come in handy. This is where the Politics and Government Department comes in. They have been reaching out to alums so that UPS will have the opportunity to host more speakers who can touch on the struggle of landing a job and more effectively relate to graduating students.
Andrea Tull, '02 UPS alum, spoke to students about her experience during and after college, inspiring students to learn more about what they can do during her presentation, The Democratic Majority In Congress on Feb. 20. She now works as a legislative assistant for Congressman Adam Smith, in which her job includes giving recommendation to Congressmen before a bill is introduced to the House floor. Giving recommendation requires her to conduct an extensive research of reading complex and dense academic materials as well as to combine all of her findings and her opinions together.
Other responsibilities include returning citizens' responses such as mail, e-mail and phone calls and attending Committee hearings, markups, etc. Currently, Tull is in charge of global health, global poverty, development, foreign assistance, economic development and human and women's rights worldwide in The House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Tull shared with the students that her transition to working in the Congress was not a difficult one. In her junior and senior years at UPS, she participated in an internship in Congressman Adam Smith's District office.
Additionally, because there have been UPS alums who have previously worked with Congressman Smith before Tull, she felt the atmosphere at the office was even more welcoming.
Addressing pros and cons about life on Capitol Hill, she expressed her personal views on a viariety of topics such as lobbyists and what life is like living in D.C., encouraging students to approach her with ease and ask questions.
Andrea Tull, '02 UPS alum, spoke to students about her experience during and after college, inspiring students to learn more about what they can do during her presentation, The Democratic Majority In Congress on Feb. 20. She now works as a legislative assistant for Congressman Adam Smith, in which her job includes giving recommendation to Congressmen before a bill is introduced to the House floor. Giving recommendation requires her to conduct an extensive research of reading complex and dense academic materials as well as to combine all of her findings and her opinions together.
Other responsibilities include returning citizens' responses such as mail, e-mail and phone calls and attending Committee hearings, markups, etc. Currently, Tull is in charge of global health, global poverty, development, foreign assistance, economic development and human and women's rights worldwide in The House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Tull shared with the students that her transition to working in the Congress was not a difficult one. In her junior and senior years at UPS, she participated in an internship in Congressman Adam Smith's District office.
Additionally, because there have been UPS alums who have previously worked with Congressman Smith before Tull, she felt the atmosphere at the office was even more welcoming.
Addressing pros and cons about life on Capitol Hill, she expressed her personal views on a viariety of topics such as lobbyists and what life is like living in D.C., encouraging students to approach her with ease and ask questions.
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