Verose Agbing

What’ve you enjoyed most about your area of study? Was there a particular discovery, new skill or way of thinking, or insight that you found especially valuable? Please share an example from your favorite class or experience.

As a theater student that enjoys work in set design and costume design, I have learned the value of live performance and abstraction in the arts. As a part of a few productions, I have experience how each work stands as an ephemeral vocalization of humanity. Records can only capture so much of the experience, and I have tried to keep that record, but every time the raw power of a production cannot be fit into a photo or video. Theater has taught me the power of experience and perspective while pushing my boundaries in innovation and creativity.

How does the knowledge from this field, or your interest in it, combine with your other major or minor studies at MIT?

In Biological Engineering, creativity is a necessary component in formulating solutions to biological problems. Sometimes, you have to push a little into the imaginary to find those solutions, and theater is an art that has pushed my imagination and perspectives to approach problems from new angles.

An MIT education includes study in the scientific, technical, social science, arts, and humanities fields. How do you think that wide range of knowledge and perspectives will be valuable to you – for your career success and for your enjoyment of life?

The wide range of knowledge and perspectives have made me a better global citizen. Understanding the mind in creativity, understanding the body in biology. My combination of majors has taught me that humanity is more than the technology we advance, but the emotion associated with innovation.

What are your plans for the future?

My plans for the future are not the clearest, I am taking it year-by-year. I hope to do more computational biology and theater work, though.