The Department of Modern Languages welcomed Outstanding Modern Languages Alumni, Justin Goney on Friday, September 12 for an informal Q & A session.
"From a B.A. in French and TEFL certificate at Wright State to Software Engineer and Technical Documentation Manager at NVIDIA in Helsinki, Finland. Connect the dots."
The Department of Modern Languages welcomed Outstanding Modern Languages Alumni, Justin Goney on Friday, September 12 for an informal Q & A session.
"From a B.A. in French and TEFL certificate at Wright State to Software Engineer and Technical Documentation Manager at NVIDIA in Helsinki, Finland. Connect the dots."
Justin Goney earned his B.A. in French from Wright State University in 2005. He spent two years in France, where he both studied the French language and worked as an English language teaching assistant. Upon returning to Wright State, he completed his TEFL certificate as well as a summer teaching internship in Okayama, Japan then he headed to Moscow, Russia to work for a short period of time.
He went on to earn a Master of Arts in French philology/computer science from the University of Helsinki (Finland) in 2012. He's been working and living in Finland for the last eight years and is currently a testing and documentation engineer at NVIDIA.
His thesis project examined the use of Anglicisms in the French press, which involved designing and implementing his own word classification algorithm, and compiling a completely original French-language corpus. Justin has been very successful in combining his education in the humanities with his technical competence.
This Q& A session included information about his academics, professional opportunities, and amazing travels around the world! It was a very informative, motivating and unique session for all the attendees! If there is one thing to retain from this, it is that" you should pursue your dreams and grab every opportunity that comes your way!" An individual with many interests, Justin is a member of the band, Ääriviivat.
"Here's a link to my band's website, in case you'd like to check out our music sometime. We're pretty proud of it." http://www.aariviivat.fi
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