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Amelia Grace Peterson! On December 18 th , 2011, Stacy and Mitch Peterson (both 2010 graduates from the Ph.D. program) welcomed beautiful Amelia Grace (7lbs and 19.5 inches) to their fam- Page 22 P U L S E Leona Yoyu Chang! Mavis Kung’s (2008 graduate from the Ph.D. program) gorgeous little girl arrived shortly after Amelia Grace on January 30, 2012! HEY ALUMNI! First, we want to hear from you, so don’t forget to let us know what you’ve been up to (e.g., where you’re working, your travels and adventures, your fiancés and families, etc.). Email any of your editors or Steelman with your news! Second, we want to hear your graduate stories for our next issue of The Pulse! The next issue features YOU! It’s our first ever throw-back issue and we’re looking for your memories. Please send us anything about your graduate school experience at FL Tech that you’d be willing to share (e.g., favorite experiences, most difficult experiences, lessons learned, funniest moments, unforgettable friends/professors, etc.). The crazier the better!
For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Rana Moukarzel and I am in my 3 rd year in the program. I am also the first student to go through the International I/O concentration (yep, I am the Guinea pig). I was born in Lebanon, and although I spent most of my life there, I was lucky to start traveling the world at a young age. Overall, I have visited seven countries so far Page 23 P U L S E and lived in three countries for more than 6 months. This is why I’ve been cleverly nicknamed, by my dear friend (Margaret), the “Globe Trotter”. This story is not about me (well kinda). It’s about one of the recent and greatest travel adventures I’ve had. I just came back from a three week trip to Spain and I am really excited to tell you all about it! I spent about three weeks at the University of Valencia, Spain, in a program called the Winter School. The Winter School (WS) is the Joint Intensive Learning part of the Erasmus Mundus Masters in Work, Organizational, and Personnel (WOP) Psychology The WS is divided into three phases: (1) a virtual (e-learning) preparation phase, (2) an in-residence (en España) phase, and (3) a wrap-up phase. This article will provide an in-depth account of each of these phases. Skype Sundays: The Virtual Phase Left to Right: Elizabeth, Rana, Miquel, Anjeza, Snezana Starting November 2nd until February 18, I was assigned to a team of four other students with whom I was going to work virtually for the next five months. I introduce you to Group 3 (see above picture). What were we working on? We were assigned three group projects and one individual preparation assignment. Overall, this phase went smoothly; we all hit it off really well, joked a lot during our meetings, and were able to see eye to eye for the most part. Nothing is perfect, however. The difference in time zones, personal schedules, personality and work styles, and approaches to I/O, led to some disagreements and long discussion meetings (our personal record was four hours on Skype on a Sunday!). So what’s my take-home from this phase? Although we’ve all read during our Intro to I/O class that virtual teams suffer from lack of trust between members which obviously affects the team’s performance and interaction, I don’t believe we suffered from this (the catch comes later!). I guess we were able to effectively build a relational approach during the first couple of meetings; we would always update each other on what’s going on in our life, share some frustrations, and celebrate successes. Thinking back, I realize that one major reason for why this happened was a match in cultural background. Although we represented five different cultures, we all came in with the assumption that building ties and commonalities were important for the dynamic of our team. By: Rana Moukarzel
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