Commencement was Saturday. I can't begin
to describe what it feels like to have graduated. You know the feeling
when you expect things to be different after your birthday? The same
thing happens here except this time it is both true and not. On the one hand, you just finished finals so
your house is still a disaster from all the time you spent studying instead of
doing the dishes; instead of classes, you went to visit and do things with your
family so each day has still been full; and all the usual tasks still have to
happen each day. Life has not changed
much yet. On the other hand, after four
years of time here, you’re done. Unless
your new job happens to be on campus, you’re going to move off and dedicate
your time to some other task. After the
past few weeks of only focusing on that thesis or those finals or that other
presentation, you’re faced with a future ahead of you.
Five-hundred and forty-something of us walked
yesterday and now we are all headed in different directions. For me, I am going home for the summer to run
a week-long camp, study for the GRE, and work on finding a job. I want to take the GRE at the end of the
summer so I am prepared when I decide to start applying to graduate schools. For now though, I plan on taking a year or
two to work so I can help sort out exactly what I want to study in the future.
Despite graduating, my time at L&C isn’t
over yet though. I will still be here
through May 22nd for a Wilderness First Responder course, so I’m not
even done with L&C classes, and I might be in occasionally still to work in
the College Outdoors office. As always, if you have questions about L&C
life, please email me at ameliaberle@lclark.edu!