It's about that time...

A few days ago, I received a surprise in the mail. It was my application for graduation! Even though I knew it was coming, the finality hit me square in the gut. I was numb yet filled with emotion. A tingling sensation began in my toes and worked its way up to my scalp. Even my hair follicles were quivering with excitement.

In May of 2010, I will be completing my journey at Alverno College. It's going to be a bitter-sweet transition for me. On the one hand, I will be homework free (at least until graduate school). On the other hand, I will be leaving the Alverno umbrella and stepping out into the "real world" where the current economic forecast is cloudy with a chance of falling on my face.

Yet, whatever the weather, I am moving towards graduation at full tilt. I made a promise to myself to make this semester count, go out with a bang, show up, stop procrastinating and so on and so forth. I am down to the last two core classes of my Professional Communication major: Communication Theory and Research and a Professional Practice Seminar, where I will learn to write a targeted resume and cover letter and create and conduct a showing of my professional portfolio.

To complete the requirements of my elective studies minor, I am taking: Advanced Photocommunications, where I will be working on a social justice project, Media Management and Production, where I will produce my own radio show for AIFR (Alverno Inferno Free Radio), and Women in Leadership, where I will write my leadership story and action plan.

I am also working on building a professional network using LinkedIn.

In the words of one of my professors, "College students are puppies and graduates are strays." If that's the case, I better get adopted by May 15th or I'll be pitching a tent in the Alverno courtyard...