Last updated on January 28, 2018
By: Blake Bouza, Assistant Editor
I feel grateful in my last two weeks at Vol State. To my fellow graduates, I just want to congratulate each of you. If your Vol State career has been anything like mine, you’ve maneuvered around and overcome things you never thought you would encounter.
To my Savior, Jesus Christ, I thank for being with me since my beginning and guiding me in all things, to whom I’d be nothing without.
My parents and family for their support and love always and through all things.
To those students who have suffered personal loss from the death of a father to the death of a beloved pet, thank you.
To those who have struggled with their living situation, thank you.
To those who have a full day of class starting at 8 a.m. and ending at 3:45 p.m. and still go to work that night, and do it all again the next day, thank you.
To those who have stuck with it the 2 ½ years or however long it has taken you, thanks.
To everyone who is moving on to a university or jumping right into their career, best of luck!
To the smiling ladies in the bookstore to the helpful librarian with the TARDIS on her desk, to every professor who gave us a second chance – thank you.
To my peers in the newsroom, I’ll miss our time together meeting deadlines and sharing in the woes of assignments. To Clay Scott, our faculty advisor, thank you for building us up and making the paper bleed red when it needed to.
All of you have impacted society and me, and shown that we can do this, that it is possible. Amidst life and chaos we can achieve something as fantastic and privileged as an education.
After all, we have a laminated piece of paper to show for it.
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