Hello 2016-ers!
First of all: Just Three More Weeks! Keep reminding yourself: Just Three More Weeks!
Now, as you approach the
‘home-stretch’ of the semester, I am sure that you have a lot of demands upon
your time. You have exams, papers, and
presentations to research and prepare, you’ve just gone through pre-registration
for the spring semester, and you are beginning to explore summer internships,
graduate schools, and the various specializations in your majors. And right in the middle of all of this, you
have Thanksgiving beak!
For many of you, this is probably a
time to drop your responsibilities (even if only for a day or so) and reconnect
with friends and family. In addition to
the more general things that you normally give thanks for—your life, family,
friends, and health—I’m going to ask you to consider your time here at Trinity.
You may not want to acknowledge this
at this particular moment, with deadlines and library books piling up around
you, but you will later look back at this period with a warm glow of
affection. You are at a premier
university with college professors who are at the top of their fields. They not only challenge you to grow and
develop as students, they are, rather remarkably, quite accessible both inside
and outside of class. You are creating friendships
that in many cases will continue well into your adult life, and at the very
least develop the networks that will help you along academically in the short
term, and career-wise in your future.
You are developing skills that will position you as innovative thinkers,
problem solvers, and imminently marketable to employers when you leave
Trinity. You are on a beautiful campus
in a unique city.
As I’d said, you will later look back
at your Trinity years as a delightful period in your life. Consider this: why wait until you’re older? Think now (or next Thursday) about all you
have here for which you are grateful.
Happy Thanksgiving—may you return to
us refreshed and eager to finish out your fall semester brilliantly!
Cheers,
Dr. M
Kimberlyn Montford
Class Marshal
