Senioritis. We all had it one way or another. Remember those last few weeks of college, knowing you should study, but just not feeling so compelled to when you had already moved on to the next thing – plans for traveling, moving, or starting a new job?

The student intern I have come to rely on in my office for the last two years is about to graduate, and I feel like a sappy but proud surrogate parent as I watch her prepare to move on to the next phase in her life. I’m not sure it has really sunk in yet that she won’t be showing up here for work next week – for either of us. I couldn’t help but want to tell her to give herself one more week of freedom, though, when I overheard her telling her new employer on the phone that she would start the Monday after graduation full-time. Wait a little longer, I thought to myself. Why rush reality?

Whatever combination of free time, nurturing learning environment, and carefree attitude it is that we tend to romanticize about our student days, I want to bottle it, cliché as that may sound. I find myself wondering what that magic was and looking for ways to revive it. But then, maybe that’s why I work here at AU – to try ‘n hold onto that hopeful world view and the joy of learning. Someday, though hopefully not too soon, my student intern will know this feeling, too. For now, I’m enjoying the moments of seeing her pass through this milestone, senioritis and all.

All the best-
-Melissa Reichley
Editor, Alumni Update

P.S. Please join me in offering the Class of 2004 a hearty congratulations and welcoming them into their new roles as alumni!

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