I’m still in amazement that in less than a month I will be walking across Wheeler Mall to receive my diploma. These past three years at Longwood have been some of the most memorable times I ever experienced. Longwood University not only became my home away from home, but will always remain as one of my favorite places to live.
While it was the university’s traditions and beautiful campus that brought me to this school, it was the friendships I made, the professors who helped me along the way and the campus life that kept me here.
My best memories at Longwood were spent in The Rotunda office, staying up late to finish laying out the newspaper and laughing at ridiculous jokes with my staff friends. Who can forget ordering pizza at 11 p.m. or looking through old newspaper clips. I have learned some amazing lessons while here; lessons that help make me a better person.
If there is any advice I can leave to incoming/present students, it would be to not to wish these years away. Enjoy every moment and embrace everything that Longwood has to offer as there is always a last time for everything.
Before you realize it, your time here will be ending and the life you grew to know will change. I will miss you all - my friends, my professors and my college life. Thank you for being a part of my journey, you will forever be kept close to my heart.
