0:00 (light music)
0:01 - After Grade 11, I had no idea what university
0:03 I was going to go to.
0:04 I was doing a Computer Science class
0:07 and that's when I met Mr. Neil,
0:10 who was my Computer Science, Calculus
0:13 and first Robotics mentor
0:15 and he talked to me about his experience at the university
0:18 and how he came to be a teacher and his passion,
0:22 how he was supported by the university.
0:24 So his experience got me thinking
0:27 that maybe the University of Guelph could work out for me.
0:30 So I'm Eddie Dushime.
0:31 I'm an international student from Burundi, East Africa.
0:34 I'm a third year Computer Science
0:36 at the University of Guelph.
0:37 I'm also part of the Call programme.
0:40 The people that are in computer science are so knowledgeable
0:43 and they are always supportive when it comes
0:45 to sharing the knowledge and sharing their experience.
0:49 So the fact that I can learn from other people
0:52 and see that what I'm learning is going to be useful
0:55 to me in the future is, is very unique to me.
0:58 I don't think that there is many ways that can go wrong
1:02 in Computer Science, because there's so many different paths
1:06 and different things I can do after graduating that
1:09 I think it's very unique to Computer Science.
1:12 - Computers are in all aspects of our society today
1:16 And so students will go out
1:17 and work in the software industry, the computing industry
1:21 but also so in automotive
1:24 and in business and in financial technology.
1:27 Our programme really gives them the skills and knowledge
1:30 they need to work in so many different areas,
1:32 but really the sky's limit of what they can do.
1:36 - First of all, the fact that people just support each other
1:40 in different team and different categories
1:44 like students support each other,
1:46 professors support each other.
1:48 The experience that I have had
1:50 as a part-time student worker has been amazing
1:53 as they support me with my studies
1:55 as well as my work, everybody lifts each other up.
1:58 And it's amazing to see.
2:00 And that's the culture that I am talking about.
2:03 And that's the culture that made me fall
2:06 in love with the university.
2:09 (music continues)