Greetings. I know it has been a while since I last posted. Forgive me, for I have been very busy moving into my new apartment. [Post with pictures to follow!]
Graduation was a week ago. May 16th. I attended the official ceremony at the Community College. Many of us chose that route, rather than the unsanctioned, on-campus ceremony. I was glad to see at least half of us there.
So here are some facts: I graduated, according to the graduation program, with the highest grade in my department's class.
I received my BA in Creative Writing, Magna Cum Laude (not quite perfect, but almost!).
Also, despite this past semester being completely insane because of Glyph, the school closing, life in general, I received a 4.0! Wooooooo!
The ceremony itself was mostly uninteresting. However, the administration did well to choose Greg Glazner (founder of the Creative Writing program at the college, current faculty member, published poet, beloved member of the CSF community) as the faculty speaker. His speech felt mostly directed to the Creative Writing students, which was fine as I am one, but it spoke beautifully of the school in general. He choked up and so did I. Although I only had him as a professor this term, I really grew to appreciate him and the work he's done for the school I love. Matt Donovan was also there, however, the other Creative Writing faculty did not attend for various reasons.
I felt really badly for the CMP (music) students. There were only 3 of them there! And that department is large--all the other ones were at the on-campus ceremony and so were there teachers. I'm sure they felt weird about that.
After the ceremony my bff Maggie and I bopped around doing a few things, and then we had a huge party at my house. Tons of people were there and we even had these two musicians who were super cool and cooky. I had a great time. :)
Oh, and a note about my photograph above. You'll see some Mardi Gras beads around my neck. I began my college journey in New Orleans, at Loyola University. My family felt it was only right that I ended my college journey with a hint of New Orleans present. I was really touched by that. You'll also note my Magna Cum Laude silver cord. ;)
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May 24, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Congrats! Sounds like quite a journey, from New Orleans to Santa Fe to new apartment. Graduating from college was a true turning point in my life.May 31, 2009 at 6:36 PMGlad to see that you're persisting with your blog! And it looks great on my computer....
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