On Tuesday, we had our end-of-the-year banquet for Founders Society. All tour guides, bloggers, day-visit hosts, etc. are part of Founders Society and play a very important role in spreading the word about how wonderful a school Saint Mike's is! Some awards were given out for especially valuable members, but it was definitely emphasized how much the Admissions staff really appreciates all of us. After the banquet was the last Knight Chat of the year. We had some great questions and it was a lot of fun!
As you may know, Thursday was a big day for everyone at SMC (or should I say SMU?). We had Macklemore & Ryan Lewis come for our spring concert, and it was absolutely phenomenal! About 3,000 people (a combination of students and people from the local area) packed into Ross Sports Center where members of the Student Association (SA) had been working hard all day setting up (special shout out to Caitlin & Eric for planning everything!). Macklemore of course performed Thrift Shop as well as many other awesome songs! There were two especially memorable moments for everyone who was there: 1) he called SMC SMU by accident (and then everyone corrected him...it was hilarious!) and 2) he told the audience about how he had visited an SMC student who was recently diagnosed with leukemia earlier that day. The letter he wrote about the experience was especially touching and helped me to think of him as so much more than just a rapper. Here are some pictures from the show:
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| The crowd is ready to rock! |
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| Macklemore & Ryan pumping up the audience |
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| Macklemore crowd surfing! |
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| My attempt at a panoramic view! |
Last semester, I was a TA for the first year seminar Horses & Healing (you may have read about it on my blog before). On Friday afternoon, the TAs from last semester drove next semester's TAs to our professor Bridget's house for dinner. The food was delicious and the conversation was wonderful. I have never been to a professor's house before so that was an interesting and very memorable experience! Once we got back to campus, many of TAs (old and new) went to the annual MLK Jr. Society Talent Show. McCarthy Arts Center was completely packed with students eager to support their friends, and the show didn't disappoint! There was a combination of comedy, singing, dancing, and everything in between. Overall the show was great and I would definitely recommend it to students who decide they want to make SMC their home next year! :)
Saturday was the highly-anticipated P-Day, which stands for Preparation Day. As I've talked about before, P-Day is basically a day filled with fun before finals start (this Wednesday is our last day of classes - I can't believe it!). I signed up to be a P-Day worker, which means I made sure everyone stayed safe on the inflatables and then helped vendors in the food tent (there is a ton of different food available throughout the day - everything I had was delicious!). The entertainment for the night was a mind reader/sword swallower, which was very cool. He did some card tricks and actually made it look like he was reading people's minds which was crazy! After his performance, there was a Late Night Breakfast in Alliot. This is always a really popular P-Day event - I would say just about every SMC student was in Alliot at some point during the breakfast. Overall, the day was a success and I'm so glad I was able to take that time to relax before finals!
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| The victorious Amelia! |
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| Lindy and me enjoying some Ben & Jerry's :) |
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| Mind reader/sword swallower! |
As I mentioned, SMC students only have three more days of classes, and finals begin this coming Friday. I can't believe my sophomore year is coming to an end so quickly! Going home will definitely be bittersweet - I love my NH family and friends, but I will definitely miss being here in Vermont.
Thanks so much for reading my blog, and I will do my best to keep you updated throughout the last few weeks here at SMC! Also, good luck to everyone making their final college decisions this week! If you choose SMC, I look forward to meeting you in the fall! :)
~Merrill
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