Just one person's experience:

When I was in grad school, I was an officer in the
local equivalent of the SBDC, for two years.

The work I did on my dissertation? That stuff
I hardly ever use.

The skills I learned as an officer in a student
organization? I use that every single day in my
work.

In real life, soft skills -- knowing how to work
effectively with others, how to lead, etc -- are
worth far more than hard skills.

In fact, I can fairly say that, though I didn't
realize it at the time, being an officer in a
student organization was the single most important
thing I did in college.

Plus, if you do a great job, Horst and I are in a
good position to write you terrific letters of
recommendation for jobs, further study, etc.

That actually helped one of our former presidents
get into medical school.

Henry

>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:55:39 +0000
>From: "Vijay, Vividh" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: SBDC: Officer Openings
>
>HELLO,
>
>I am Vividh Vijay, President of Sooner Ballroom Dance
>Club (SBDC). As you all know, SBDC is one of the
>biggest and one of the most active associations in OU
>when it comes to dancing. We would love you to be a
>part of our big family! Hence, I am writing to you to
>inform you of the positions opening up in SBDC.
>
>The following positions are Elected Officers:
>
>1. President
>2. Vice President
>3. Treasurer
>4. Secretary
>5. Historian
>
>The duties allotted to the above positions are attached
>in this email.
>
>I'd like to add that even if there seem to be a lot of
>responsibilities under each position, the person
>holding that position will not be expected to carry out
>each and every duty that is mentioned here. We are a
>team and we share our job evenly. So remember, YOU ARE
>NOT ALONE! All of us are going to help each other and
>hence, work towards achieving our goal.
>
>Procedure to apply:
>
>1. Choose the position(s) that interest you best.
>2. Fill out the attached application.
>3. And email it to [log in to unmask]
>
>Note : In order to apply for any post you must be a
>student with University of Oklahoma.
>
>You can send your application on or before 11:59 pm ,
>Wednesday April 30th.
>
>All the very best to all of you and we are eagerly
>looking forward to having you with us!
>
>Thankfully,
>Vividh Vijay Lean/Six Sigma - Green Belt
>Graduate Student
>School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
>President/Treasurer - SBDC
>University of Oklahoma
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