On May 12th, I officially graduated from Western with Magna Cum Laude (2nd highest honors...I had a final GPA of 3.777!) and I'm not gonna lie, it was a weird feeling. For so long I have identified myself as a "college student" but now I'm not!
On graduation day, my mom, dad, sister, and brother-in-law came to see me graduate and we went out for lunch afterwords. It was there that I receive a HUGE surprise...
...a ton of graduation cards! Apparently my mom collected these from various family members without me knowing and so when she handed them to me I was completely blown away! Thank you so much to everyone that sent me one, I really do have the best family ever!
After my family left I hung out for a while and relaxed a bit. I was on very little sleep as a result of graduation being at 9am and me going out the night before to start the graduation celebration a little early...you do the math. Then that night me and a bunch of my friends (both grads and non-grads) went out to the Change of Pace to celebrate. It was a really good time and pretty much all of my friends were there, which was awesome because I'm not really sure when I'll see some of them again.
In all, graduation weekend was a complete success and a great way to say goodbye to the school I love so much.
The four years I spent here at WIU have been an unforgettable experience. I met so many great friends and had more awesome times than I can possibly remember. I will NEVER forget my experience or the friends that made it so incredible for me. I can't even imagine what my life would be like if I hadn't chosen to come to school here and I can honestly say I have no regrets about my time in college. I couldn't have asked for a better four years and can't wait to come back and visit as an alumni!
It still feels weird knowing I'm not in school anymore and that it's time to go out and get a "big boy job," but I know that I'm ready for the next step and I can't wait to see where my next journey takes me...BRING IT ON REAL WORLD!!!
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| Tom Durso (and old family friend, employee in the broadcasting department, and all around awesome guy) and me. |
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| Me looking all cool in my grad gear in front of the banner for my college. |
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| This is in front of the football field, I'm sitting on "Rocky," a statue that routinely gets painted different colors by various people on campus. |
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| Kelsea, Andrew, and me. |
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| The whole fam...all college grads! My parents and me all from WIU and my sister from Bradley! |
