Seeking opportunities and building resilience

Recent graduate Sabrina Khandakar made the most of her undergraduate experience, including the unexpected challenges. "What I most appreciate about Waterloo Arts is that I got to have so many different focuses." This fall, Sabrina Khandakar is graduating with a degree in Honours Arts and Business with a major in Political Science - but her list of accomplishment stem much further than that. When Khandakar was first debating where to go to university, she was considering Toronto-area schools, but Waterloo could offer her something the others couldn't - an internationally recognized co-op program that would offer her real-world working experience. "I struggled to choose between business and political science programs, so I googled both majors and Waterloo Arts popped up - I knew this was the right fit." Khandakar's degree expanded even further when her professor encouraged her to pursue a minor in Fine Arts. Along with her professor's encouragement, her family also inspired her to broaden her degree. "I was lucky to grow up with three older sisters, who nurtured a lot of my different interests. I recently realized how much my degree reflects them; one works in politics, one in business and one has always been an artist." Khandakar also completed minors in International Trade and International Studies, as well as a specialization in Global Governance.