# @uofcincy on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2023-04-26T20:08:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** University of Cincinnati (@uofcincy) — https://gondola.cc/uofcincy

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🎓GRAD SPOTLIGHT: taylor.allgood 
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Ever since she was young, Taylor Allgood has loved to see the world.⁣
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A graduate of UC’s College of Arts and Sciences, Taylor turned her lifelong curiosity about other people and cultures into an academic passion as a double major in political science and international affairs. Next year she will get her master’s degree in public administration through UC’s 4+1 program, which allows students to earn a graduate degree through just one additional year of classwork.⁣
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“I came from a family that loved to travel. We didn’t have the most money, but traveling was a core value for my mother,” she said. “She made sure that we had the opportunity to explore different places.”⁣
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Taylor is considering a career with the U.S. State Department or perhaps working for a nongovernmental organization. As an undergraduate, she had the chance to study abroad in Bordeaux, France. For her dual minors, she studied women’s, gender and sexuality studies and French, considered the diplomatic language for its use by the United Nations, NATO and the European Union, among others.⁣
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Taylor said she learned from top experts in the fields of national politics and international relations.⁣
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“The faculty here are renowned, really masters in their field,” she said. “It makes my own ambitions feel like they’re within reach knowing that my professors were diplomats and leading scholars in their field.”⁣
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While at UC, Taylor joined student government and was elected vice president. She also worked with local middle schoolers during an internship with a nonprofit civic engagement program.⁣
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“I really didn’t know what to expect my first year. I felt like a small fish in a very big pond,” Allgood said. “But during my time here I developed a strong sense of identity and leadership that I will carry through my career. I’m just grateful that I took a chance on UC and UC took a chance on me.”

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