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Oral History: Prince Wang
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Oral histories at Virginia Tech
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Prince Wang is a sophomore majoring in international relations and entrepreneurship, innovation and technology management (EIT), with minors in Chinese and religion and culture. His majors and minors are tools that will better help understand people through culture, language, and religion. Wang is also interested in how new products can help people, and his entrepreneurship double major will help him make his ideas a reality. Although he was born in Nebraska, he grew up in the Hubei province of China, and in the future he intends to work in the international development field to bring greater opportunities to his city.
Moreover, Wang is the class president of the Class of 2023, the co-founder and current co-president of Model UN, a member of the Student Alumni Association (SAA), a member of the Korean American Student Association (KASA), one of the ten members of the Virginia Tech sesquicentennial celebration student work group, and participated in the Student Government Association’s first-year leadership experience (FLEX) program his freshman year. He is also the newest programming assistant at the Asian Cultural Engagement Center.
“I've loved my experience myself, but I want every student to be able to go into Virginia Tech, feel like they're included and feel like they are a valued member of this community,” Wang said. “Something that is important for students is to be open-minded for any opportunity and come in with a mindset that you should try new things. If you don't feel like Virginia Tech is what you wanted at first, I do stress the significance of reaching out to people. I think that experiences at Tech can be very situational sometimes, and your first impressions can be dependent on such a specific thing –– I think that initial impression, although important, is not representative of what opportunities and experiences you’ll have in the future. There are so many other things you can find, so it's really important to persevere and push through to try and find new groups, look for new experiences, and reach out to new people as well.”
Moreover, Wang is the class president of the Class of 2023, the co-founder and current co-president of Model UN, a member of the Student Alumni Association (SAA), a member of the Korean American Student Association (KASA), one of the ten members of the Virginia Tech sesquicentennial celebration student work group, and participated in the Student Government Association’s first-year leadership experience (FLEX) program his freshman year. He is also the newest programming assistant at the Asian Cultural Engagement Center.
“I've loved my experience myself, but I want every student to be able to go into Virginia Tech, feel like they're included and feel like they are a valued member of this community,” Wang said. “Something that is important for students is to be open-minded for any opportunity and come in with a mindset that you should try new things. If you don't feel like Virginia Tech is what you wanted at first, I do stress the significance of reaching out to people. I think that experiences at Tech can be very situational sometimes, and your first impressions can be dependent on such a specific thing –– I think that initial impression, although important, is not representative of what opportunities and experiences you’ll have in the future. There are so many other things you can find, so it's really important to persevere and push through to try and find new groups, look for new experiences, and reach out to new people as well.”
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August 2019 - present
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Oral History Interview Item Type Metadata
Interviewee
Prince Wang
Interviewer
Tahreem Alam
Duration
18:38