This past weekend was Incarnate Word May Graduation, and I didn’t realize how many graduates I would know!! It all started Friday at the beautiful Graduation Mass. I was helping out since I am in campus ministry, and we were in the convocation center setting up to hand out the programs. All of a sudden, I get a tap on the back of my shoulder, and I hear a voice asking if the chords are straight. I turn around to see my friend David standing there in cap and gown asking me if everything looks right. I have known David since I got here my freshmen year, and he has always been a huge help on campus. We have had classes together, and he has always hounded me to keep up my grades and be a good student. Then I walked into the mass area, and I saw that a few peer ministers had just come back from the bathroom after changing into their cap and gown. We had at least four peer ministers graduate, and also in residence life we had another four graduates. These are peers that have helped me throughout my college journey. I mean I came into the school as an associate peer minister through campus ministry, so I met these students even before school started my freshmen year. It was such a surreal experience watching them prepare for graduation, because that means that I will be on top next year. I just have one more year left at UIW, and then I will be preparing to graduate. I listen to my friends as they tell me their life plans, and it makes me realize that I will be making a lot of important decisions over the next year. I will be looking at graduate schools and jobs and different opportunities to find the right fit for me. I am excited though, because I know that I have an incredible network here to help me. I have been talking to my advisor about my final classes, and I am excited for next semester! There will be so much going on here on campus. I won’t be in campus ministry or residence life, but I will be a peer mentor for freshmen and part of the Red C. I will still be busy will Incarnate Word activities, and they will all mean so much more since it will be my last time around. I have an adventure of a summer waiting for me first, though, so I can worry about graduation at a later time. Now I am just excited for all of my friends who are starting a new part of their journey. I know they have great experiences awaiting them, and I can’t wait to hear all about it!!!
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