 The most amazing in the last year Probably the trip to Geneva because well, I had never been to Geneva, but Just hearing from different missions at the UN, you know, I'd already gone in thinking I'd known the difference between them and I've been to UN headquarters because I've went to undergrad in the US But it really opened up my mind to more missions I'd never heard of that I could possibly see myself working for obviously very informational It was also good to see how the institution works And it was also good to get an overhaul course, the first in sight for most of us the opportunity to visit the head office of the United Nations in Geneva and That's very very unique and I think this is unique to so was NCISD department We learned a lot in that it was such a great experience Geneva was pretty cool because they're actually inside the belly of the beast they go to the you know Palais-de-Nation which is the United Nations headquarters in Geneva paralleled only by what happens in New York But all the international organizations are headquartered in Geneva They also get to meet with the you know the top level practitioners in the various fields whether it's WHO Whether it's the WTO whether it's humanitarian organizations Sometimes the Red Cross they're actually able to talk to these Practitioners who are very high-level you know at very high levels in their organizations and the international studies and diplomacy students actually get to host a huge reception for for diplomats for senior members of international organizations at the Palais where they had invited Diplomats from our respective countries and where we were then supposed to put our diplomatic and you know communication skills to test very exciting and Nervous you had the chance to directly talk with people working within the UN framework fast and very tiring we took a train up there and we were there for five days and so it was more like a nine to five kind of thing in Headquarters sitting listening to different missions and organizations presenting to us asking questions Obviously getting everyone's cards so that you could network later for example WFP talked about their experience in Afghanistan and it was interesting because otherwise you would not get Such an inside information. We not only got to meet people working in the UN and other organizations But we really bonded as a group and got to know each other better And I think that was a lot of fun. It was wonderful. I think this is the best thing about the course It's the highlight of the course. I got to chair one of the sessions and at the UN It was very nice because you you get to meet a lot of people that are doing very amazing work And you kind of hear how they got into the UN how they started their journey and what ways you can take to do the same So I actually I really liked it and just being in that surrounding it gives you confidence that you can do it, too