Way to go, Chris!

Well, it's over. The semester is gone. Finals week mercifully ended, the commencement walk concluded and the pinning complete. (See President Kearns get a big hug from SGA Pres Chris Cox as he awarded her a bronze medal for being an All-USA Bronze Scholar at the pinning.) Chris now has her bachelor's paid for and says she's going to attend NAU online. Awesome! I'm excited for her and all the graduates embarking on their next journey.
I could tell after the pinning the nuring grads were relieved. I remember feeling that way after I got my associate's degree. I wish all the graduates the best.

Congrats, Graduates!

Well, the academic year is coming to a close. Another year come and gone. Its been a good year for me. We've had some fun new events, and I've learned new things (like starting this blog). Finals week is upon us and the campus is a buzz with students preparing for their tests and presentations. Some will be heading South to the commencement exercises in Lake Havasu on Friday. The nursing graduates will be pinned on Saturday at 7 in the El Capitan Auditorium. They've all worked hard and hopefully had a little fun. (I know the nursing students squeeze in a bit of fun by their smiles, see Lacey Breinholt and Jacquelyn Christensen.) Next, the hubbub will die down, and we'll sail into summer...

Cinco de Mayo

Sandra La Corti and Anne Blackmore kickback on a break from studying for their finals to enjoy some chips and salsa during the college's premeier Cinco de Mayo celebration. Sandra and Anne were the first students to show up for the fiesta and said they'd been waiting for it to start all day. Thanks to Mary for putting together some rockin' CDs for our party and making sure we had the patio furniture purchased through SGA fundraising in time. The plaza looks even better!(Big thanks to Roger for setting it up.) The wind tried to put a damper on the fun, but we just moved the food to the Student Lounge in the 400 building, adjacent to the plaza. Let's hope we can make this celebration a tradition. :)