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graduation

Lessons Learned: How to leave the rest

You never really think about it at the beginning of your first year of college, but four years is not a lot of time....

‘A one-woman collector of stories’: Isabel Wilkerson to speak at commencement ceremony

The Class of 2023 will hear words of direction and insight by long-time journalist, former Chicago Bureau Chief of the New York Times and...

Anxiety, excitement, seniors, are you ready to graduate?

As graduation approaches, many seniors find themselves reflecting on their plans for the future, the lessons that can be learned from the past and the...

Lessons Learned: How to find peace in the unknown

College has unsurprisingly been the best experience of my life — but not in the clichéd partying-five-nights-a-week and regret-filled reckless whirlwind many get to experience....

Lessons Learned: How to learn from yourself

I often look back on my 18-year-old self as being a child. She was one in a lot of ways — naive, nervous, open-minded and idealistic. But...

Letter from an almost graduate

In the wise words of Miley Cyrus, four years ago "I hopped off the plane at LAX with a dream and my cardigan” ready...

Senior commencement postponed, ensuring the class of 2020 is celebrated

President Jonathan Veitch announced April 3 that the class of 2020 senior commencement — originally scheduled for May 17 at the Remsen Bird Hillside Theater on campus —...

“Being a student kind of feels like it’s on the back burner now:” Tales of an unconventional senior spring

Over spring break, Ian Van Dusen (senior) went backpacking in Canyonlands National Park in Utah with five friends and no cell service. For three...