Drop-in Question/Answer Session with an Army Linguist
Friday, Oct. 11, 2013
Ballantine Hall 565
1:30-3:30
Ryan McMeen, IU alumnus and current Army Linguist will be on
hand to discuss his career path and answer questions.
Come at 1:30 for pizza!
Ryan
McMeen is a Sergeant in the United States Army. He graduated from
Homestead High School in 2003 and subsequently enrolled at Indiana University
Bloomington. During his time at IU, Ryan studied Russian, German, Czech,
and a little Georgian on the side before studying abroad in Olomouc, Czech
Republic in 2005; in Freiburg, Germany, 2005-2006; and finally, in St.
Petersburg, Russia, 2006-2007. Ryan received his Bachelor’s with a double
major in Slavic Languages and Literatures and Germanic Studies with a Minor in
Russian and East European Studies. Afterwards, Ryan waded through a difficult
job market, landing opportunities from grocery store cashier to a counselor at
a Russian-immersion children?s camp in Bimidji, MN before becoming a Russian
teacher for grades 3-5 in Memphis, TN. After 6 months, Ryan decided he
needed something less stressful and enlisted in the Army as a Cryptologic
Linguist (35P). After basic training, Ryan enrolled in the Defense
Language Institute where he studied Modern Standard Arabic, and then he studied
Pashto at Diplomatic Language Services, returning as a qualified Pashto
linguist. Ryan makes regular use of all of his language skills in his job at
Fort Gordon supporting forces engaged in the war on terror.
Sponsored
by the Russian and East European Institute.
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