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Class of 2010

Megan Seto, Bachelor of Arts

- May 26, 2010

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Megan Seto. (Nick Pearce Photo)

Sheā€™ll be the first in her family to pursue post-graduate studies, but Megan Seto feels ā€œmore than preparedā€ by her background in arts.

ā€œIā€™m so proud of those two letters ā€˜BA,ā€™ā€ says Ms. Seto, of Halifax.

Now with her arts degree in hand, sheā€™s preparing to enter law school at the University of Ottawa.

ā€œIā€™ve learned a lot from my major in history and from my uniqueĀ  minor in law and society and Iā€™m going to use it to pursue what I love ā€“ criminal law,ā€ she says. ā€œThe minor offers a fantastic opportunity to see if law is the path for you. Itā€™s one of the reasons I chose Dalhousie.ā€

The introductory course is taught by a law professor and numerous experts were invited as guest speakers.

ā€œThis university gave me a multidisciplinary experience in law as an undergraduate student. It was a different way of thinking: we read cases, took an analytical approach, and did the same type of homework expected from first-year law students.ā€

For her language requirement, she opted for a relatively new course in Mandarin. ā€œThe Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers so much choice for languages. What a collection ā€“Ā  Italian, Russian, Greek, Latin, French, Spanish and now, Hebrew,ā€ she says. ā€œThe language departments have so many community connections and they welcome you with open arms.ā€

As the president of the Arts and Social Sciences student society (not to mention her own history department society) she had responsibility for representing 4,000 students.

ā€œI love the sense of community from being involved in student life. My best friend is from classics and I would not have known her without the networking,ā€ she says.

Students helped get two major new initiatives off the ground, an undergraduate student academic conference and a mentorship program for first- year students to reduce attrition.
ā€œI love student diplomacy ā€“ student apathy is overstated,ā€ she says. ā€œIt takes one person to get started.ā€