{"id":601,"date":"2020-01-13T09:09:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T09:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/?p=601"},"modified":"2020-01-23T11:12:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T11:12:30","slug":"david-tyoember-undergraduate-bsc-chemistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/2020\/01\/13\/david-tyoember-undergraduate-bsc-chemistry\/","title":{"rendered":"David Tyoember, Undergraduate, Department of Chemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cI feel that Imperial\u2019s willingness to support new initiatives is something I have benefited\u00a0from, especially as this year I was able to start up a new Rap Society.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

During my time at Imperial, I’ve been involved in a few different extracurricular activities. In my first year, I developed an interest in under-representation in certain spaces, and decided to run for the position of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Officer<\/a>. I also took up a\u00a0role in the\u00a0College’s Race Equality Charter<\/a> Self-Assessment Team, as well as becoming the Vice President (VP) of Diversity within the Investment Society<\/a>, which was a new role at the time.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed the VP of Diversity role as I felt the different challenges in creating initiatives helped me to become a better problem solver and leader. It was a great experience to see some of the initiatives flourish and impact students. I enjoyed being part of the Investment Society last year so much that I decided to run for President within the society in the elections, and won!<\/p>\n

I like studying at Imperial because the College provides students with a platform to explore their various interests, be that academic or extracurricular. I feel that Imperial\u2019s willingness to support new initiatives is something I have benefited from, especially as this year I was able to start up a new Rap Society.<\/a><\/p>\n

Recently, a picture of me went viral<\/a>. I was standing outside London\u2019s train stations with a sign telling busy passers-by that I was seeking work experience in asset management. A lot of people took photos of me, however, one of the first people who stopped to take a picture of me\u00a0was an Imperial alum. It was their post that went viral on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n

I often find that people describe me as being entrepreneurial, but this doesn’t necessarily mean I want to have my own business. After graduation, I want to take my entrepreneurial spirit to a large organisation and make an impact there while building up my skills. In the future, I would like to\u00a0work in the fast-growing\u00a0ed-tech sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI feel that Imperial\u2019s willingness to support new initiatives is something I have benefited\u00a0from, especially as this year I was able to start up a new Rap Society.\u201d During my time at Imperial, I’ve been involved in a few different extracurricular activities. In my first year, I developed an interest in under-representation in certain spaces, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1226,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":618,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions\/618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}