UMass Commencement 2009

It feels so weird to have finally graduated. Although I’m already looking back at my three years at UMass Amherst with hints of nostalgia, unlike most of my classmates, my life won’t be changing all that much in the coming months. For the foreseeable future I will be living in Amherst and keeping very involved with life at the university. For the summer I landed a job producing videos...

Almost made it.

A few weeks ago I submitted a speech to the commencement speaker selection committee, and was delighted to hear that I had been chosen to be one of only a handful of finalists. The next step was an audition in front of a 7 member committee made up of four students and three Professors from the English, Journalism and Theater departments. Unfortunately, my audition didn’t go very well as I...