Graduation!

So it turns out that four years of hard work flies by in a heartbeat!

On May 8, I graduated magna cum laude from American University with a BA in Public Communication and a minor in Political Science. 




I had a great family crew there with me to say goodbye to undergrad and hello to post-grad life.


Justine and I hosted a family luncheon after my graduation and before hers: 


The weekend was a whirlwind of group dinners including a great night at Founding Farmers with after-dinner drinks at the POV Terrace of the W Hotel.  We also checked out the Newseum and the White House! 

Since then, I've enjoyed Nationals baseball games, days in Annapolis with friends, relaxing afternoons spent on sunny rooftops, and now I'm in the middle of a week at home in Connecticut.  On Monday I start a great job and the hunt for my new apartment begins--- I'll talk more about those later!

Bookmark

You might remember in February when I was designing fact sheets for my PR Portfolio class. Now, we're about to present to our client, America's Promise Alliance, on Thursday! Since creating the fact sheets, my group has come up with launch events for their Grad Nation initiative for the cities of Detroit and New Orleans and designed PR plans around them.


It's been a lot of fun and a great experience so far! It's definitely reinforced that when you are working really hard on something, feeling passionate about it is all it takes to make the work not so tedious.


Here's a sneak peek at the bookmark I designed to pass out during the presentation on Thursday, I promise it looks 10x better printed out!

The college experience-- top 10

Recently, a friend Tweeted this:
"well. last night was officially my first all-nighter--didn't think I would make it all the way through college without one of those...."

This made me come to the startling discovery that I've never actually pulled an all-nighter! I have friends that pull them weekly, but the combination of planning ahead and loving sleep has resulted in me abstaining from all-nighters altogether. I'm thinking this is a good thing, but it made me wonder..what are 'essential' parts of the college experience?



Here's the list I came up with:

1) dorm living -- 2 years was just enough!
2) dining hall-- 2 years was way more than enough
3) study abroad-- I miss Paris so much!
4) sorority/fraternity/secret society-- no thankyou

5) all nighters-- not yet!

6) facebook addiction-- definitely

7) falling asleep in class-- I'm not proud of it..but it's happened.

8) internships-- oh yes!

9) binge drinking and other regrettable decisions-- haven't we all?

10) fun-- definitely!

I'm thinking that only missing out on all nighters and Greek life isn't too bad?