The Student Experience: eSAB and NESCO

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With Engineers Week (E-Week) just around the corner, NESCO’s Dalton Rabe and eSAB’s Daniel Johnson discuss the Nebraska Engineering student experience and how the big college has the feel of family.

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[00:00:00.408](celebratory music)
[00:00:01.960]Welcome to the Complete Engineering podcast
[00:00:04.430]brought to you by the College of Engineering.
[00:00:06.620]We are Nebraska, where we build complete engineers
[00:00:09.790]with the technical and non-technical skills
[00:00:11.930]to do big things.
[00:00:13.410]Visit us at engineering.unl.edu
[00:00:17.570]Welcome to the Complete Engineering podcast
[00:00:20.170]at the University of Nebraska, I'm Matt Honke.
[00:00:22.450]I'm Karl Vogel.
[00:00:23.570]And today we are with Daniel Johnson and Dalton Rabe.
[00:00:26.710]Daniel, the Vice President of Membership with eSAB
[00:00:29.300]or Engineering Students Advisory Board,
[00:00:31.330]and Dalton is the Executive Vice President with NESCO,
[00:00:33.860]the Nebraska Engineering Student Council at Omaha.
[00:00:36.660]We want to talk to Dalton and Daniel today about
[00:00:39.940]what their groups do in the college
[00:00:41.760]and get a look at the student experience on
[00:00:44.630]both the City and Scott campuses
[00:00:46.980]here at the College of Engineering.
[00:00:48.900]Yeah, we have a great setup for
[00:00:50.720]our university and for our College of Engineering.
[00:00:52.330]We are on both campuses, we are in Omaha and Lincoln.
[00:00:55.250]And it's one university, one College of Engineering.
[00:00:57.640]And Dalton and Daniel, welcome to the show.
[00:01:00.560]Thanks for having us. Yeah, thank you.
[00:01:02.320]Yeah Dalton, let's start off talking about NESCO.
[00:01:05.270]Could you maybe explain what is NESCO and
[00:01:09.310]how it has an impact for the Nebraska engineering students
[00:01:11.650]here on Scott campus.
[00:01:13.330]So NESCO is the
[00:01:14.450]Nebraska Engineering Student Council at Omaha.
[00:01:16.960]It is a council made up of engineering students
[00:01:19.760]to serve engineering students.
[00:01:21.580]And I think the biggest way we serve the students
[00:01:23.970]individually is through events.
[00:01:25.800]We throw a huge Halloween party
[00:01:27.570]that around 100 people show up,
[00:01:29.640]and I know a lot of people like to come together for those.
[00:01:32.350]Student board-wise we do a SPF process
[00:01:35.790]where we distribute funds up to a point for certain events.
[00:01:39.390]So we can really encourage growth
[00:01:41.060]and use of other student boards.
[00:01:43.340]On a more branding or commercial level
[00:01:46.250]we make a magazine called Engineering at the O
[00:01:48.730]that current and prospective students can go look at.
[00:01:51.610]So we're really trying to expand to see
[00:01:53.730]how we can further improve
[00:01:55.980]life on the College of Engineering
[00:01:57.350]and how we can make that easier for our students.
[00:01:59.600]Yeah, there's a lot of great things I know
[00:02:00.880]going on right now in Omaha.
[00:02:02.570]I guess conversely, Daniel on the Lincoln side of things,
[00:02:06.430]City campus and East campus,
[00:02:08.130]what is eSAB and how does it have an impact
[00:02:10.300]for the students in Lincoln?
[00:02:11.133]So eSAB is essentially the same things as NESCO.
[00:02:13.920]We have a lot of the same functions.
[00:02:15.570]However, we have a different name, we go by
[00:02:16.900]the Engineering Student Advisory Board or eSAB for short,
[00:02:20.480]and we also go through an SPF process in which we
[00:02:24.260]dole out money to all the different
[00:02:25.920]student organizations on campus,
[00:02:27.520]and we also plan a lot of events for
[00:02:29.850]all the students to go to.
[00:02:30.820]We have a lot of free food
[00:02:31.760]and we have a lot of free development opportunities,
[00:02:33.890]we go on some industry tours and so
[00:02:35.670]just a lot of opportunities for undergraduate students
[00:02:38.130]to get involved in the college
[00:02:39.320]and kind of branch out and meet new people
[00:02:41.870]outside of their major and prepare for their careers.
[00:02:44.540]Now one of the big things
[00:02:45.940]at the College of Engineering every year, is E-week,
[00:02:48.610]and eSAB and NESCO are at the forefront
[00:02:51.440]of planning that event.
[00:02:52.940]It's really a student-driven event,
[00:02:55.800]it's a week-long series of things that bring the college
[00:02:59.140]and the students together and try to get them involved.
[00:03:01.900]How is it that your organizations
[00:03:04.040]go about planning together and separately?
[00:03:06.590]What are the ideas and processes you go through
[00:03:09.360]to plan that big week every February?
[00:03:11.800]I'd say between both campuses,
[00:03:13.980]one thing we both have to agree on is the theme,
[00:03:16.160]since we are one big university
[00:03:18.320]but still two different campuses.
[00:03:19.700]We have to have the same theme to keep it consistent.
[00:03:22.380]I know that's usually between,
[00:03:24.060]a couple of emails and a phone call
[00:03:25.590]and this year it's nature and resources, that kind of theme.
[00:03:30.320]Then what's different since our campuses are
[00:03:32.330]two different sizes,
[00:03:33.760]we just kind of plan our own events and I know we advertise
[00:03:37.600]like the two big events on each campus,
[00:03:39.800]but otherwise most events that are on each campus
[00:03:42.890]are just done in NESCO-wise
[00:03:44.770]and eSAB-wise on their own.
[00:03:46.660]Yeah, we're pretty independent of one another
[00:03:48.030]when it comes to the actual events, but
[00:03:50.490]it's a great week, a lot of fun stuff going on.
[00:03:52.710]What are your first memories of E-week
[00:03:54.550]and was that anything that got you interested
[00:03:57.270]in being part of your groups
[00:03:58.910]that you're representing today?
[00:04:00.500]Yeah, definitely.
[00:04:02.230]I didn't join eSAB until my sophomore year,
[00:04:04.450]but I definitely remember walking through
[00:04:07.117]the engineering complex my freshman year during E-week
[00:04:09.920]and just seeing all this stuff going on.
[00:04:10.950]I got a lot of free food, which is always a big plus.
[00:04:14.430]So that kind of drew me in
[00:04:15.630]and it was really cool to see all the things that
[00:04:18.650]these students were able to plan.
[00:04:20.410]Just like Dan, I joined NESCO my sophomore year as well,
[00:04:23.880]and I lived on North Campus of Omaha
[00:04:26.740]so I didn't really get to experience a lot of the E-week
[00:04:29.560]activities my first year here.
[00:04:31.590]But since I joined NESCO my sophomore year
[00:04:33.790]I got to take photos of the events
[00:04:35.880]and actually got to participate in them.
[00:04:37.700]I think I remember for our FrESCO event
[00:04:39.950]we had to build like Popsicle like houses with cap bolts
[00:04:43.290]and that's like the big thing that just kinda like
[00:04:45.500]stuck with me.
[00:04:46.340]Is that like everyone just came together, made stuff
[00:04:49.540]and we got to see it
[00:04:50.730]like the rest of the year on social media
[00:04:52.410]and it's just kind of a nice way
[00:04:54.560]to bring everyone together in civil engineering.
[00:04:57.660]Dalton, how would you characterize
[00:04:59.220]the student life experience for engineers
[00:05:00.960]on Scott Campus here in Omaha?
[00:05:02.870]I say it's definitely different than
[00:05:04.750]a majority of other campuses in the nation.
[00:05:07.260]Since we are a smaller engineering campus,
[00:05:10.810]since everything is in one building,
[00:05:12.740]it doesn't feel cut off from the rest of the city.
[00:05:15.240]Like here in Omaha, it feels like you're really
[00:05:17.350]integrated into the city where we have so many industry
[00:05:20.270]surrounding us that we're never in our own world.
[00:05:23.840]And there's so many things to do here
[00:05:26.070]that it just makes you feel you're never really just
[00:05:28.780]on campus itself.
[00:05:30.380]You get to celebrate parts of the city
[00:05:32.380]while also having a college experience.
[00:05:34.490]Yeah, the Scott campus here in Omaha,
[00:05:36.040]it's a beautiful campus.
[00:05:37.070]It's really integrated nicely into the Aksarben area
[00:05:40.530]that's been built up over the last 10, 15 years.
[00:05:43.010]It's a very impressive area in
[00:05:45.030]a number of different industries that
[00:05:46.830]are really right next door, so it's a great area.
[00:05:49.700]And it's a very modern area
[00:05:51.800]that has a lot of different
[00:05:53.310]things that can attract not just college students,
[00:05:55.740]but general public to this area, which makes it
[00:05:57.940]a greater opportunity for students to interact
[00:06:00.650]like Dalton said with members of the community at large.
[00:06:04.460]Daniel, I'm gonna ask the same thing to you then.
[00:06:06.220]What's the student experience like on City campus,
[00:06:08.470]East campus in Lincoln for engineering students.
[00:06:12.580]I think it's pretty similar to what Dalton said
[00:06:14.300]in that we're very integrated within the city.
[00:06:17.220]UNL campus is located right next to downtown Lincoln and so
[00:06:20.510]you can walk 10 minutes and then be in the Haymarket,
[00:06:23.210]which is our fun little renovated downtown area.
[00:06:26.060]There are a bunch of restaurants that you can go eat at.
[00:06:28.480]We have Memorial Stadium,
[00:06:29.850]so you can go watch a football game that's a big thing.
[00:06:31.570]We also have the Pinnacle Bank Arena,
[00:06:33.500]which is in walking distance.
[00:06:35.000]There are a lot of concerts there and a lot of
[00:06:37.050]basketball games so that's pretty big,
[00:06:39.190]our volleyball team is pretty good so.
[00:06:41.510]And we are fortunate as a College of Engineering
[00:06:43.630]to be on both campuses.
[00:06:44.820]That's a real positive and a benefit for us.
[00:06:47.478]There are some students that commute between the two
[00:06:50.470]and we have a N-E Ride system of bus
[00:06:52.730]that will take you between campuses
[00:06:54.150]if you are a student that needs to be on either
[00:06:56.560]Omaha or Lincoln, but yeah, there's
[00:06:59.080]two distinct feels between the campuses,
[00:07:00.960]but it's once strong program on both.
[00:07:03.780]One of the things that we've done in
[00:07:05.520]the College of Engineering over the last few years
[00:07:07.490]is we've initiated the Complete Engineer Initiative
[00:07:10.600]that we've talked about in previous podcasts.
[00:07:13.280]We've also, one of the things we've done
[00:07:15.270]for the students is start a core curriculum
[00:07:18.020]that blends into this.
[00:07:19.300]You start from an early on, in your freshman year,
[00:07:22.350]taking classes that teach you more than just
[00:07:24.210]the technical skills for engineering
[00:07:26.440]but more of the other things that you need to succeed.
[00:07:29.040]How is your overall experience been in those classes?
[00:07:31.750]And do you think, now that you're both seniors,
[00:07:34.450]is it preparing you for that next step
[00:07:36.850]once you get past graduation?
[00:07:38.980]I think 100% yeah, soft skills are something
[00:07:41.370]that most engineers definitely lack.
[00:07:43.650]And so it's really great to be able to,
[00:07:46.630]develop leadership skills and teamwork skills
[00:07:48.910]and self-management and all the things that go into being
[00:07:51.770]a really great professional
[00:07:53.090]alongside the technical knowledge
[00:07:55.420]that you need to be an engineer, and so
[00:07:57.030]I think it's incredibly beneficial.
[00:07:59.100]I actually have been apart of the
[00:08:00.670]core classes for the engineer
[00:08:02.670]but for my position in NESCO as a EVP,
[00:08:05.500]I actually make presentations and activities
[00:08:08.350]for each competency of engineer.
[00:08:11.050]Like September it was self-management,
[00:08:13.040]so I made a presentation about planners, budgeting,
[00:08:16.960]just so you can start setting up those skills,
[00:08:19.210]later on throughout college
[00:08:20.810]and then we had a discussion to see what worked,
[00:08:22.920]what didn't, same for October.
[00:08:25.140]Teamwork-wise, team building activities
[00:08:27.260]and I really like how we're starting to integrate that more
[00:08:30.210]because it's not just focusing on
[00:08:32.180]math, physics and this is what you need to get through like
[00:08:36.290]technical-wise, they're really pushing
[00:08:38.550]the communication and personal skills
[00:08:40.370]that you're going to need after college.
[00:08:43.160]Have either of you had any professional experience
[00:08:46.310]outside of being a student, an internship?
[00:08:50.460]Working teaching classes?
[00:08:52.510]Helping out, anything along those lines?
[00:08:54.540]And how are these skills that you're learning
[00:08:57.770]in the Complete Engineer helping you in that?
[00:09:00.930]Do you feel like it gives you a leg up?
[00:09:02.950]Definitely yeah, so I've had three internships
[00:09:05.640]during college and my soft skills have definitely been
[00:09:08.360]the most important thing at each one of those internships.
[00:09:11.570]Because you need to be able to talk
[00:09:12.560]to a bunch of different kinds of people,
[00:09:14.147]and the operators are some of the most helpful people
[00:09:17.470]that you'll meet during the internships
[00:09:19.100]but you need to be able to communicate with them effectively
[00:09:21.410]and so developing these soft skills
[00:09:23.540]is really important to do that.
[00:09:25.120]I'm also a TA for freshman class
[00:09:27.030]and so being able to communicate with them
[00:09:29.080]and serve as kind of a leader
[00:09:31.000]as someone they can look up to
[00:09:32.570]is important and it's definitely been helped by
[00:09:36.400]the Complete Engineer Initiative.
[00:09:38.350]Yeah, I agree.
[00:09:39.650]I had one internship this past summer
[00:09:41.580]where I was working on a team with
[00:09:43.300]the other electrical engineers
[00:09:44.770]at the firm and teamwork is a huge part of it.
[00:09:47.480]Like, if you can't communicate
[00:09:48.920]with the other people on your team,
[00:09:50.680]you're not gonna be working efficiently.
[00:09:52.710]If there's a change that happens on a project
[00:09:54.417]and you don't know about it
[00:09:56.110]that could cost hours of work
[00:09:57.970]and just make a huge fuss.
[00:09:59.640]So the fact that we're really instilling these skills now,
[00:10:02.810]makes students coming out of the college a leg up
[00:10:05.640]over other universities, I think.
[00:10:07.580]Yeah that is definitely the feedback
[00:10:09.040]that we're hearing from industries and it's certainly
[00:10:11.190]something that makes Complete Engineer important.
[00:10:13.280]Those competencies that we're talking about
[00:10:14.920]are intercultural appreciation, leadership,
[00:10:17.550]teamwork, self-management, service
[00:10:19.920]and civic responsibility and engineering ethics.
[00:10:22.590]These are all components that are in addition
[00:10:25.270]to obviously the technical skills
[00:10:27.060]that any engineer will need to learn to be successful.
[00:10:29.850]Certainly, both of you, exemplify that very well.
[00:10:33.080]I guess, let's go back before you became
[00:10:35.340]an engineering student at Nebraska.
[00:10:37.220]Growing up, what sparked your interest in doing this?
[00:10:40.180]What led you to this field?
[00:10:42.530]I always liked to kind of tinker with things
[00:10:44.350]and take things apart and see how they work,
[00:10:46.350]pretty stereotypical engineering background
[00:10:49.800]and I also took some engineering classes in high school.
[00:10:53.280]I think the project that really got me interested
[00:10:55.170]was we built an elevator, a small-scale elevator,
[00:10:57.850]out of VEX Robotics parts and then we were able
[00:11:00.400]to program it ourselves and put all these sensors on it
[00:11:03.480]and then press a button and
[00:11:05.040]it would move up to the right floor
[00:11:06.290]and then stay there for a certain period of time
[00:11:07.720]and then move back down.
[00:11:08.940]It was just really cool to be able to
[00:11:10.810]produce something like that
[00:11:11.870]and build that with my own hands.
[00:11:13.350]So that's really what drove me into engineering
[00:11:15.220]in the first place and then I ended up choosing
[00:11:17.170]chemical, because I took some chemistry classes
[00:11:20.000]in high school and I really liked that.
[00:11:21.760]So it's kind of how I go into engineering
[00:11:22.930]in the first place.
[00:11:24.725]I had a different path to engineering, I wanna say.
[00:11:27.450]Until about October of my senior year in high school,
[00:11:30.680]I was gonna go study Agricultural Economics
[00:11:33.500]at CASNR down in UNL,
[00:11:35.470]but I remember junior year,
[00:11:37.140]I come from a really small school,
[00:11:38.940]graduated with three or four people.
[00:11:40.760]So we had a career day when an alumni came in
[00:11:43.150]and talked about what they did for a living.
[00:11:44.960]And we actually had someone from the faculty
[00:11:47.310]at the Durham School come in
[00:11:48.890]and talk about architectural engineering.
[00:11:50.960]And so as October went on I realized
[00:11:53.640]maybe AG wasn't for me,
[00:11:54.830]so I'll switch to AG Engineering
[00:11:56.870]and then December came around and I kept
[00:11:58.840]looking at UNLs website and thought, I'm just gonna switch
[00:12:02.060]to architectural engineering since lighting and acoustics
[00:12:05.130]really seems like something I really wanna do.
[00:12:07.170]And I might as well go all in.
[00:12:09.674]You can't pick a better place
[00:12:11.480]for architectural engineering than
[00:12:13.200]the program here in Scott campus.
[00:12:15.020]The University of Nebraska, Lincoln is one of the preeminent
[00:12:17.720]programs in the country in that field.
[00:12:19.430]Was that a contributing factor in making your decision
[00:12:22.570]or were you guys, both of you, were you both
[00:12:25.340]Nebraska engineering all the way?
[00:12:26.940]What brought you to the college?
[00:12:29.347]I'd say definitely for me,
[00:12:30.180]it was always going to be Nebraska.
[00:12:32.080]Rooting for the Huskers your entire life
[00:12:34.110]and just knowing how like, state pride is huge here,
[00:12:36.187]and you know you wanna go to UNL, you wanna be a Husker
[00:12:39.660]and it's a huge legacy that you wanna a be a part of.
[00:12:43.600]Yeah, and I was also born and raised in Nebraska
[00:12:46.000]and I did consider like South Dakota school of Mines,
[00:12:48.060]Colorado School of Mines
[00:12:49.030]but I wanted more of a well-rounded college experience.
[00:12:52.290]I love engineering, it's what I wanted to be,
[00:12:53.830]I wanted to have like other perspectives as well.
[00:12:56.420]And then money was also definitely a factor I guess,
[00:12:59.490]good scholarships that kind of pushed me towards Nebraska
[00:13:02.810]then I came here and I haven't regretted it.
[00:13:05.210]So both of you actually have very different
[00:13:07.690]backgrounds in what brings you here,
[00:13:09.690]in terms of where you come from.
[00:13:11.230]Daniel, you're from Omaha, the largest city in the state,
[00:13:14.440]almost a million people.
[00:13:15.880]And Dalton you are from Hooper, Nebraska
[00:13:18.150]and how many people live there?
[00:13:20.090]I wanna say around 800 people.
[00:13:21.400]About 800.
[00:13:22.540]I think it's technically Hooper.
[00:13:24.550]Hooper?
[00:13:25.556](laughter)
[00:13:26.670]It's those Nebraska pronunciations
[00:13:28.300]that you don't get anywhere else.
[00:13:29.510]I don't want to say that wrong,
[00:13:31.171]Beatrice has said it like
[00:13:32.470]three different ways, I've heard it.
[00:13:33.730]So anyways, with that said,
[00:13:36.120]I'm gonna start with you, Daniel.
[00:13:37.160]Okay.
[00:13:37.993]What is it like to go to a larger campus,
[00:13:40.820]to be in Lincoln and you're coming from Omaha, the big city?
[00:13:43.310]How has that transition been for you
[00:13:44.970]and how has that affected your college experience?
[00:13:48.550]I think it went really smoothly.
[00:13:49.650]So I went to Millard North for high school
[00:13:51.660]which is the biggest high school in the state.
[00:13:53.130]So I graduated with 600-some people
[00:13:56.450]and so moving in to UNL it was kinda nice to
[00:14:00.510]still be in that kind of like big school atmosphere where
[00:14:03.660]I don't know a lot of people, but
[00:14:05.830]there's still a lot of people around all the time.
[00:14:08.077]The Department of Chemical Engineering
[00:14:10.050]was a little bit different though as I moved my way through,
[00:14:12.880]my class is only about 30-people big.
[00:14:15.380]And so that's been kind of a fun experience
[00:14:18.430]getting to know everybody in my class
[00:14:21.150]on a name-to-name basis and hanging out
[00:14:23.630]with all of them pretty frequently
[00:14:26.100]versus when I graduated high school, like I didn't
[00:14:28.410]know half the people that walked across the stage.
[00:14:30.270]So that's been fun and I've enjoyed that a lot.
[00:14:33.920]That's gotta be a completely different
[00:14:35.580]experience for somebody who,
[00:14:37.320]I went to a big high school too
[00:14:39.150]and graduated with about 600 kids.
[00:14:41.430]So I know that you feel like you're a number there
[00:14:44.240]but you get into the Chemical Engineering Department
[00:14:46.680]and you got 30 other kids in your class,
[00:14:48.760]you gonna be developing lifetime relationships
[00:14:50.960]with a lot of these people.
[00:14:52.390]How do you see your interaction with them moving forward?
[00:14:55.550]Are you going to stay close with these people?
[00:14:57.800]Oh definitely.
[00:14:58.633]So I'm gonna move down to Texas after I graduate,
[00:15:01.700]I've accepted a position down there
[00:15:03.240]and one of my other classmates is also down there
[00:15:06.100]and so we're gonna spend a lot of time together
[00:15:09.120]which will be fun but, we're all really close friends,
[00:15:11.830]we hang out pretty much every weekend
[00:15:13.520]and some of us are getting married
[00:15:15.410]and we're all going to each others weddings.
[00:15:18.910]We're a really close-knit group
[00:15:20.160]and we're not really competitive at all, which is a big
[00:15:22.440]a big bonus that UNL has over a lot of other
[00:15:25.050]engineering colleges,
[00:15:26.620]but its really great to be close to everybody.
[00:15:29.400]Well congratulations on the job,
[00:15:31.470]Thank you. It's always good to
[00:15:32.303]hear that.
[00:15:33.220]Dalton, you cam from small town Nebraska and
[00:15:36.000]you're on Omaha's Scott campus
[00:15:37.540]so how has that transition gone for you?
[00:15:39.920]At first it was very different.
[00:15:41.940]Going to classes with about 20 people in high school
[00:15:44.590]to 60 or 70 in some Gen Eds was pretty different,
[00:15:48.280]but you just kinda keep your head down and work.
[00:15:50.250]You kinda get used to it
[00:15:51.490]but I definitely like driving, walking around Omaha
[00:15:54.060]was way different than being on a farm.
[00:15:56.221](laughter)
[00:15:58.056]well I say, after sophomore year
[00:15:59.997]we were getting to specialized classes.
[00:16:02.170]Right now I'm in classes with 10 to 15 other people.
[00:16:05.460]It's just like high school again,
[00:16:06.860]I feel like I know everyone in my class.
[00:16:09.060]So I think Omaha was kinda like
[00:16:10.730]a perfect bridge into college
[00:16:13.250]where if I went to some place bigger
[00:16:15.170]it would still be pretty awkward and different
[00:16:18.050]not knowing maybe someone who sits
[00:16:20.070]at the opposite end of the class.
[00:16:21.720]So in both of you guys' cases,
[00:16:23.340]you feel like the college might be
[00:16:26.740]bigger, the university might be bigger,
[00:16:28.480]but you're still able to get that small class feeling,
[00:16:31.540]you still have a sense of community
[00:16:33.420]with the people that are around ya.
[00:16:35.590]You've been able to keep that
[00:16:36.920]throughout the college experience.
[00:16:39.019]Yeah. Right.
[00:16:39.852]And the Durham School has a career fair
[00:16:42.330]up here every year and it's been very successful
[00:16:45.210]in lining up students from the Durham School
[00:16:47.400]with employment opportunities both
[00:16:49.730]full-time employment and internships.
[00:16:51.720]What's your situation looking like after graduation?
[00:16:55.290]I think my situation is looking pretty good.
[00:16:58.420]I've handed out a lot of resumes last career fair
[00:17:00.197]and like the career fair fills up a huge conference center
[00:17:03.010]and it is physically impossible
[00:17:04.700]to talk to every single company there.
[00:17:07.690]I remember the first year I went,
[00:17:09.090]I tried and I was physically exhausted after that.
[00:17:12.690]But you never feel like walking out the career fair
[00:17:15.220]like you didn't make an impression on a company,
[00:17:17.330]you always feel like you gained progress.
[00:17:19.600]Whether that turns into an internship or not,
[00:17:22.440]maybe not but you know you have connections later on.
[00:17:25.620]So next year when the career fair comes around
[00:17:27.370]you know, you've met these people before,
[00:17:29.180]they know you and there's gonna be
[00:17:31.020]a lot more success next time going around.
[00:17:32.827]And being in that engineering program,
[00:17:34.930]you're part of a four plus one,
[00:17:36.900]where you're headed for a Master's degree,
[00:17:39.130]in a five-year program, correct?
[00:17:40.740]Yep.
[00:17:41.590]So on both campuses in Omaha and Lincoln
[00:17:43.500]we have our great Engineering Student Services staff
[00:17:46.600]that provide career services advising
[00:17:49.120]a number of different student benefits there.
[00:17:52.180]How has that helped both of you out
[00:17:54.520]in your situations?
[00:17:55.780]Again I'll start with you Daniel in Lincoln,
[00:17:57.690]have you been able to use some of those student services?
[00:18:00.780]During my first couple of years of college,
[00:18:02.200]they were always there to like reviews resumes
[00:18:04.360]and make sure that you were ready for the career fair.
[00:18:06.560]The advisors are also really good.
[00:18:08.670]I know I came in and I had no idea
[00:18:11.280]what I was gonna do with my four years
[00:18:13.480]and they were able to point me in the right direction
[00:18:14.820]and make sure that I got everything done
[00:18:16.300]so that I could graduate on time.
[00:18:17.920]And they were able to put together the career fair
[00:18:20.470]where I got my job so that was pretty nice,
[00:18:23.300]and that's very beneficial.
[00:18:24.930]They were really there kind of hand-in-hand along the way
[00:18:27.590]helping you through that journey.
[00:18:28.830]Right, yep.
[00:18:29.663]That's great, Dalton, how about in Omaha?
[00:18:31.930]I love the Engineering Student Services here
[00:18:34.790]for the first two years we have a set advisor,
[00:18:37.980]mine was Garrett Gassman.
[00:18:39.510]And he was great for advising, I remember that
[00:18:42.670]first semester, again being in a huge new college,
[00:18:45.820]I was really timid and he helped me
[00:18:47.800]set up for classes, gave me advice academically
[00:18:50.890]and just made sure I was going to keep on track.
[00:18:53.860]Then after that we get specialized advisors
[00:18:57.310]and again they're really helpful, they're faculty as well
[00:19:00.610]and you know them more on a personal level,
[00:19:02.680]you feel like when you do advising.
[00:19:04.360]And so they know what you're going through,
[00:19:06.170]they know you're class load
[00:19:07.240]and they're going to be able to give you advice
[00:19:09.240]on what to do and what not to do.
[00:19:11.884](bell ringing)
[00:19:14.410]Dog or cat? Both.
[00:19:16.320]Who's your favorite superhero?
[00:19:17.770]Spiderman.
[00:19:19.100]Favorite tailgating food?
[00:19:21.140]Hot dogs.
[00:19:22.290]Have you ever used a Slide Rule?
[00:19:24.280]No.
[00:19:25.330]First video game you owned?
[00:19:27.280]Oh God, Spyro.
[00:19:28.820]Favorite musical genre.
[00:19:30.520]Alternative metal.
[00:19:32.090]What was your favorite toy growing up?
[00:19:34.526]Legos.
[00:19:35.560]If you could time travel to when would you go?
[00:19:38.540]1970.
[00:19:40.103](laughter)
[00:19:40.970]On a scale of one to 10,
[00:19:42.140]how strict are your parents?
[00:19:44.100]Seven.
[00:19:45.606]Do you know how to run a VCR?
[00:19:47.060]Yes.
[00:19:47.980]Chocolate or vanilla?
[00:19:49.450]Vanilla.
[00:19:50.283]Saturday or Sunday?
[00:19:51.420]Saturday.
[00:19:52.890]What's your pet peeve?
[00:19:54.770]Chewing loudly.
[00:19:56.320]Pancakes or waffles?
[00:19:57.570]Waffles.
[00:19:58.410]Herbie Husker or Lil Red?
[00:20:00.300]Herbie Husker.
[00:20:01.850]Least favorite Thanksgiving food?
[00:20:03.610]Yams.
[00:20:04.662](laughter)
[00:20:06.810]God I can't stand those either.
[00:20:08.950]Okay, well, we wanna thank Daniel Johnson of eSAB
[00:20:11.343]and Daniel Rabe with NESCO again for joining us.
[00:20:14.630]Thank you both.
[00:20:15.629]Thank you for having us. Yeah.
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[00:20:20.567]Thank you for listening to the Complete
[00:20:22.570]Engineering podcast.
[00:20:24.000]For more information, visit us at engineering.unl.edu.
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