Senior sendoff

  • Senior Sendoff: Closing a chapter

    Senior Sendoff: Closing a chapter

    “Without this newspaper and the people who make it, I wouldn’t be the smallest fraction of the writer, editor, leader or woman I am today.”

  • Senior Sendoff: One and done

    Senior Sendoff: One and done

    “The Collegian is a really special place. While I wish I followed through on the application freshman year, I am so grateful to have gotten to experience the Collegian for even just one year.”

  • Senior Sendoff: Smiling because it happened

    Senior Sendoff: Smiling because it happened

    “So in the spirit of graduation, times of change, and leaving the place I have loved for the past four years, I won’t cry because it is over — I’ll smile because it happened.”

  • Senior Sendoff: Roll the credits

    Senior Sendoff: Roll the credits

    “To best pay homage to the column that built my future, I want to shout out movies I’ve seen that have made me me.”

  • Senior Sendoff: Editing with care

    Senior Sendoff: Editing with care

    “The power of editing is knowing that someone cared enough about your story to read it a dozen times, just to make it a little better.”

  • Senior Sendoff: One more story

    Senior Sendoff: One more story

    “This paper has given me so much more than just a space to write. Collegian Nation, you believed in me when I couldn’t, just by reading my work. I am so grateful that you all have trusted me and the writers I work with to bring you your news and tell your stories.”

  • Senior Sendoff: The meanest girl you’ve never met

    Senior Sendoff: The meanest girl you’ve never met

    “Who I am — as off-putting as many of you may rightfully find it — is no accident and neither was my college experience. Miss me or don’t, I was still here.”

  • Senior-ish Sendoff-ish: Pharmacy student says goodbye

    “As a student journalist, people are often surprised to hear I’m a pharmacy student. I myself often wonder if I’m the first editor in professional pharmacy school in the Collegian’s 138-year history. After all, what business does a healthcare major have in the student newspaper?”

  • Senior Sendoff: Journalism is powerful … in more ways than one

    “There is no way I could have known that deciding to apply for the Collegian would be the most important decision I would make as a student.”