Graduation

I graduated on Saturday, I think I can still call it that, even though I will be taking an ornithology class until for the next 2 and a half weeks.

There was a baccalaureate service on Friday, and then commencement on saturday. For those of you who don't know the difference between baccalaureate and commencement, the first is a worship ceremony, while the second is a more of an academic, bureaucratic, ceremony.

My mom and brother came to Houghton Friday afternoon, and my Aunt Nancy and Uncle Woody got there just before the baccalaureate service. To be honest, it felt strange wearing my cap and gown, walking around the quad with bagpipes playing, through a corridor made of faculty members, and onto the stage, where I was sitting in the middle of the front row.

In addition to my mom, brother, aunt and uncle, Karis and her mom came to the commencement service the next morning (Karis' dad couldn't make it, because he had/has fallen ill). By this time, wearing my cap and gown and sitting on stage in front of thousands of people felt completely natural, but it did feel strange turn my tassle from the right to the left side.

As I stated, I'm currently taking an ornithology class, and I'll write more on the in the next post, so I guess technically I'm an "August graduate," but last weekend was definitely my graduation.