2008 Woodie Awards
UM seniors say goodbye
2008 seniors fear what will come after May graduation
Meghan Hayward
Issue date: 4/28/08 Section: News
"Spring days on the mall with my friends are some of my fondest memories and ones that I will miss," she said.
Ames said her college experience was better than she thought it would be.
"You can be anyone here, and the choice is yours," she said. "I am going to miss college more than I thought."
She suggests next year's seniors get involved. "You're going to blink, and it will be graduation. Leave nothing to chance," she said.
Walter Duy, an electrical engineering major, fears the unknown. "Not knowing where I will be even next semester frightens me," he said. "The unknown is also exciting because I could be going to medical school."
Wherever Duy ends up, he will remember the late nights and people at UMaine who made his college years what they are.
Julie Taylor will graduate with a degree in child development and family relations. Taylor has added stress on top of graduation. She has been married for three months, and while she graduates in May, her husband won't be done until August.
"It's hard, as I am trying to go out with my friends as much as possible before we part ways, and often my husband gets left home alone," she said.
Trying to find work is her biggest struggle. "I have a job lined up in Brewer, but my husband has most of his applications in the southern part of the state," she said. "It is very difficult to find work when I don't know where I'll be."
Taylor said it is hard to have a job while knowing she may have to quit after a couple of weeks.
When she started college, she said she tried to come in without expectations. "I did expect to have more free time and more time making lasting friends," she said. "Instead, I worked my way through, and I had a lot of friends come and go."
While she and her husband thought about waiting to get married until they both finished school, she is glad they didn't.
"I always have someone there when I cry and to celebrate my successes with," she said. "Right now, my husband and my marriage are the only stable things, and if I didn't have that, graduating and entering the real world would be overwhelming."
Ames said her college experience was better than she thought it would be.
"You can be anyone here, and the choice is yours," she said. "I am going to miss college more than I thought."
She suggests next year's seniors get involved. "You're going to blink, and it will be graduation. Leave nothing to chance," she said.
Walter Duy, an electrical engineering major, fears the unknown. "Not knowing where I will be even next semester frightens me," he said. "The unknown is also exciting because I could be going to medical school."
Wherever Duy ends up, he will remember the late nights and people at UMaine who made his college years what they are.
Julie Taylor will graduate with a degree in child development and family relations. Taylor has added stress on top of graduation. She has been married for three months, and while she graduates in May, her husband won't be done until August.
"It's hard, as I am trying to go out with my friends as much as possible before we part ways, and often my husband gets left home alone," she said.
Trying to find work is her biggest struggle. "I have a job lined up in Brewer, but my husband has most of his applications in the southern part of the state," she said. "It is very difficult to find work when I don't know where I'll be."
Taylor said it is hard to have a job while knowing she may have to quit after a couple of weeks.
When she started college, she said she tried to come in without expectations. "I did expect to have more free time and more time making lasting friends," she said. "Instead, I worked my way through, and I had a lot of friends come and go."
While she and her husband thought about waiting to get married until they both finished school, she is glad they didn't.
"I always have someone there when I cry and to celebrate my successes with," she said. "Right now, my husband and my marriage are the only stable things, and if I didn't have that, graduating and entering the real world would be overwhelming."
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