There are too many wonderful moments to count. I lived on campus for three years and have made lifelong memories with my roommates. I thoroughly enjoyed working on my thesis with Dr. Kahlbaugh who was just a pleasure to work with. I also loved my job at the Dean's Office of Health and Human Services and treasure my time spent there immensely. Dean Bulmer and Alisa St. Georges and everyone else at that office are such kind and hardworking people, and I would not be where I am today without their influence.
Above all else, I will miss the people I met at Southern. My roommates Stephanie and Gabby are two lifelong friends I met while at Southern and I will miss them terribly after graduation. I will also miss my job in Health and Human Services and all of the people who work there. Luckily, my time at Southern is not finished, and I am so excited to come back in the fall as a graduate student pursuing a Masters in Speech Language Pathology.
I would like to tell incoming students to just take a moment during their first semester there to just breathe and take everything in. Coming to college is such an overwhelming and joyous new experience. Take some time to get to know the campus. Find your favorite corner of Buley, talk to that professor you think is brilliant, let this campus speak to you the way it spoke to me and let yourself feel at home here.
