My name is Lulete Mola.
I am a student here in the Political Science department.
I came to the University,
I expected good professors,
but I have been taught by
great professors. I took "democracy in a
changing world", with
Professor Scott Abernathy, and he told me
American history like it was a book. My
professor was incredible,
he was passionate, he was never bored, he
was interested in what he was saying,
and not just trying to get us interested, and now
they're
I have been taught by him and I've taken
his class,
I can say that I didn't know what political science was before that.
I have participated in National
Student Exchange Program. I got the
opportunity to go to
Florida, for one semester in Miami,
at Florida International University. There were campaign rallies at the University
during the 2012 Presidential Campaign, and
during one of those rallies, I got the opportunity to
listen to former President Bill
Clinton speak, and then at the end of his
speech, I got the chance me to meet him
and kinda tell him
my experience as a first-generation
college student at the University of Minnesota. Don't be intimidated if you
don't know everything about politics,
don't be intimidated if
you haven't been an expert, or in your
high school government.
The major of political science
opens your mind because it's not about
one topic.
You really have the strengths to go on to any field.
That's not necessarily because I only study politics,
that's because within political science
we study human interactions, and we study nonprofit
organizations
Besides studying political science,
in the community I'm very involved with
working with inner city schools, mentoring youth. Whether I
I choose to be a lawyer or I choose another
profession, I want to make sure that
I am always helping people and I am in
an environment that is constantly and
changing. If you are interested in learning
about something new,
every time you go to class,
then this is 100% the major to go with.
