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Coming to Stetson from Vietnam for new international student orientation in 2016, marked the first time that Son visited the U.S. He credits Stetson\u2019s small size for the ease of his transition, \u201cI got used to my new life in the States quite smoothly with all the help from the WORLD staff and my professors.\u201d Son said that he was \u201cnever made to feel uncomfortable even though I would ask many questions, both in class and in my social interactions\u201d. He said he almost feels like any other student, \u201cincluding the domestic ones\u201d and says that is probably because English is his second language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI would not be where I am now without the personal guidance from the \u201cteachers\u201d that he had at Stetson. Some of them were professors and some of them were his friends. Son came to the U.S. as a new member of Stetson\u2019s Honors Program. He lived in Conrad Hall, a residential hall designated for mostly Honors and Bonner Program students, all four years. He says that living in Conrad was the best decision that he ever made. \u201cI met many of my current friends and mentors from my first few years living there\u201d. Never one to sit still for long, in his sophomore year, Son studied abroad again in Seoul, South Korea for one semester and came back to be a Resident Assistant for Conrad Hall for the last two years as he completed his undergraduate degree. He was also in one of the first groups to graduate from the Centurion Sales Program, under the guidance of Dr. John Riggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Son has always been curious and has had a desire to try new things and explore, he said that none of his experiences would have happened without the encouragement and mentorship of the people that he met at Stetson. After his current job, Son is looking to work on his professional Sales career in a young company and eventually, build his own. Global citizenship, a value Son shares with Stetson, continues to be extremely important to him and he is planning to carry it and live by it wherever he goes during his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are interested in connecting with son for career networking, please contact WORLD at world@stetson.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Son Vu is a WORLD Alumni having graduated from Stetson University class of 2020 with a double major in Professional Sales and Marketing and a minor in Psychology. Since that time, Son has been working as a Centurion Sales Delegate for Stetson University Business School while on OPT. Coming to Stetson from Vietnam for new … <\/p>\n