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By Jaymar Bonet, Class of 2014
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| Jaymar Bonet |
I had the privilege to attend a breakfast at the McConnell Center with Mr. Tom Block. The man went from working on a campaign to working on Capitol Hill. He also was the head of Global Government Relations for JP Morgan Chase and he now is a public policy consultant. It was nice and informal and we sat around and listened to stories he had from high school to college to his early years until right now. He is a man full of accomplishment who has traveled around the world. His traveling was something I personally found refreshing and definitely made me want to travel more. Being able to just speak to him and ask questions was great. We had a nice, relaxed environment that allowed us to talk and ask questions about so many random things. The discussion even dabbled into the military and Syria. Although no specific topic for discussion, I enjoyed this event. There were no boundaries for the conversation and that simply made the time go by faster since there was so much to talk about. Nothing is better than stimulating conversation and hearing about lives that are full of experience. This is just one of the reasons why I love the McConnell Center.
Jaymar Bonet, of Radcliff, Ky., is a senior McConnell Scholar at the University of Louisville. She is pursuing majors in Spanish and Political Science.