Interviewer: I don't know if you had time to think about this.
One word.
KU experience.
Sum it up for us.
Alex: Oh, that's a good question. (laughs)
Kathy: In one word?
So many words in the English language.
Adrian: That is a good one.
Terra: (sigh) One word.
Adrian: Agh.
4 years and you'd think I'd be better at explaining it.
Aroog: I think one word to describe
my KU experience would be magnificent.
Alex: Enjoyable.
Faith: Is necessary a good word?
Laura: Transformative.
Amanda: One word to describe
my KU experience is impactful.
Aroog: I think every part of
like classes and extracurriculars
and the professors
that I've met and mentors
and students
that I've gotten to meet here.
I'm just always so blown away
by how much everyone cares
about what they do and how dedicated
and passionate they are.
Cody: I came to KU as someone
that didn't know who they were
or what they wanted to do,
and then halfway through I was like
I know who I am,
and I feel like it's a great way
to end 4 years at KU
and hopefully I can be around
to help other students through that.
Terra: I think this class is incredibly special.
I think this pandemic has shown
just how passionate and compassionate
that my classmates are.
They find ways to give back, to serve
even during a pandemic.
Even if they are
maybe risking their health a little bit
just to make sure someone else is
health, can be taken care of,
and so I am always
inspired by my classmates
and I think that's how
medicine should be.
Alex: It's just really amazing
that my eventual career
will be in higher ed, so I can maybe
come back here and network with everyone.
So I'm definitely very thankful
for all the experiences.
Wow, I'm gonna get sentimental.
Hanah: I love life and I love living
and I've really enjoyed
the experiences I've had here
and the people I've met
and I would never change.
I would do everything the same.
You know, living on campus all 4 years
doing study abroad,
taking the classes I did.
Like exciting.
It's just always exciting.
Adrian: Just being able to remember those very
that very first week
that I came to orientation.
I was just being told where to go
and also just following there
I had my little schedule
and they're saying welcome
and I didn't really know
what I was being welcomed into and
I'm glad that I did.
Faith: I feel that the professors here
really encouraged me
to kind of find my niche
and I was so scared of writing
and doing the things
that I was interested in for a long time
just out of insecurity
and existentialism.
I feel like the writing environment
at KU really gave me
an opportunity to kind of
overcome those hurdles
and figure out what I wanted to do.
Tristan: What I thought was a difficult
task has now become routine.
What I thought was impossible
has now become pretty
difficult my senior year,
so I think that's
that's been pretty gratifying,
like a trial by fire to show me that,
you know, I can do
more than I ever thought was possible.
Kathy: Definitely have not been
this academically challenged
in my entire life.
Prior to coming to KU,
I thought I knew what studying was.
I thought I knew what cramming was.
Oh boy, did I learn. (laughs)
One of my biggest
new experiences was the level of support
that I got at KU.
Specifically with the Honors program.
Just that level of support
and the support system here at KU
easily blew me away.
Laura: I think what stands out is my garden,
which is the campus garden.
And the progress
that I've made transforming that
into what it is today.
And I sometimes think about
how a lot of the opportunities
that I've had at
KU were created by previous Jayhawks
even if you don't know their name,
and I hope that after I leave
that somebody else has that experience
where they might not know
my name or know me,
but they are able to benefit
from the work that I did, and it enhances
their time at KU.
Mary: My favorite experiences actually so
I'm a member of SUA, Student Union Activities.
And we put on a cardboard boat
regatta at Potters Lake
and I just never would of thought
coming into college
that I'd be making a cardboard boat,
that I'd be helping
to put on some of the biggest campus
events like concerts and things,
and so just being able
to like have that experience
and just put what
I've learned these past 4 years
into something else
that I'm super passionate about.
So that was just the coolest thing ever.
Nick: I mean KU was an all-in-one package.
I mean what a great opportunity
to have here in the metro.
A center that's focused
not just on healthcare
but on community care as well.
It was a great experience
and one I would not trade
the last 4 and a half years for.
Angelica: I'm excited for what's
going to happen in the future.
I'm also nervous about kind
of having more responsibilities
and kind of having
to start over a little bit like
I feel like I've grown
so much these 4 years
and then like I'm going
to start grad school
and I'm just right back at the beginning.
So that's a little intimidating
but also very exciting.
Amanda: This past year,
I think it's really taught me how
to not take things for granted.
Even take like the little things
like I never thought
that I would miss walking down
Jayhawk Boulevard in the hot, hot sun.
Kathy: I will miss the tulips.
I will miss the tulips.
Hanah: I'm really going to miss my hall.
They are a wonderful group of people
and a lot of them too since I'm a senior,
I've known them since freshman year
and I've seen them grow.
Alex: I'll miss the people here of course.
I'll miss some of my sociology friends
and the major that I've
been studying for a while, but I think
it's also ready to like move on
and ready for a new chapter in life.
Kathy: I know that saying is
it takes a village to raise a child,
but it takes a village to get a degree.
Mary: I feel like I have
a lot of support here at KU
and I'm going to miss
that when I move on.
Amanda: I genuinely miss the steam whistle,
which I was so surprised
because I was like I hated it.
I genuinely hated it.
I was like, oh my god, like I
it always woke me up in the morning.
You could hear it from across Lawrence.
But yeah so that's how I knew
I was like, wow,
I'm really I'm going to miss KU.
Aroog: I mean more than anything else, I think.
It's something that I'll
treasure forever for sure.