{"id":3432,"date":"2025-07-16T16:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.ri.cmu.edu\/mrsd-news\/?page_id=3432"},"modified":"2025-07-16T16:19:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:19:59","slug":"article-2025-spring-inaugural-mrsd-global-zoom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.ri.cmu.edu\/mrsd-news\/article-2025-spring-inaugural-mrsd-global-zoom\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2014 Article | AW-esome, not AW-kward: Thoughts on the Inaugural MRSD Global Zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3432\" class=\"elementor elementor-3432\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54a7386 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"54a7386\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-268456f6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"268456f6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46882431 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46882431\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">AW-esome, not AW-kward: \n<br \/>Thoughts on the Inaugural MRSD Global Zoom<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a82e19b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6a82e19b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c99deac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c99deac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>by Shivam Tripathy<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-728062c elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"728062c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAwkward\u201d was the first thought that came to my mind when I contemplated whether or not I was going to login for the Inaugural MRSD Global Zoom call that occurred on September 29th. While I felt it was a great initiative by MRSD alumnus Paul Calhoun to get the MRSD community talking to each other, I was worried that no one would speak up \u2013 or even show up \u2013 and that it would be a dull event.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ultimately, I decided to at least join in and check it out &#8211; it\u2019s not like I had any other plans for that Sunday afternoon. I even joined a few minutes late, hoping that conversations would have begun and I could just listen in. When I joined in, I saw there were about 15 people in the meeting, with only 2-3 having their videos turned on and talking.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Others, I assumed, were probably there just like me, to check out what this meet is about and contemplate how involved they wanted to get. Should I turn my video on? Should I get into the conversation?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I soon realized that this was an amazing opportunity to interact with MRSDs across generations, to understand directly from them how their MRSD experiences were and how their journeys have been since. And with that thought, I turned on my webcam video and decided to get into the conversation!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I really enjoyed the following hour. A bunch of MRSDs joined in and we started talking about topics ranging from MRSD courses and latest technology trends to different career experiences and lessons that people learned. I was even able to continue my conversation with Rushat (MRSD 2016) later on LinkedIn, where he offered great insights on topics related to my work. I didn\u2019t know him prior to this.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As I ecstatically shared on the MRSD Slack after the event, even though most of us didn&#8217;t know each other personally, it felt so easy to discuss technology and general experiences with each other, and it was great to hear people&#8217;s unique perspectives as they&#8217;ve grown to become experts in their domain.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clearly, MRSD unites generations of students in ways we don&#8217;t realize until we talk to each other. Hopefully this becomes a regular meet up and we can see new faces each time. To those who missed out on the first one &#8211; consider joining the conversation next time and even turning on your video. The MRSD community is what we make it, so let\u2019s make it big and strong!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a62c69 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a62c69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Save the date for future Global Zoom calls:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 12pm EST<\/strong><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 12pm EST<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AW-esome, not AW-kward: Thoughts on the Inaugural MRSD Global Zoom by Shivam Tripathy \u201cAwkward\u201d was the first thought that came to my mind when I contemplated whether or not I was going to login for the Inaugural MRSD Global Zoom call that occurred on September 29th. 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