Why Honors?Coming into college, I thought that my four years here at Drury would be relatively quiet. I knew that I would be focusing on my studies within and outside of the honors program, as well as participating on the Drury debate team. My first semester went something like that. My first few months were relatively quiet. Second semester, however, I decided to get more involved with leadership on campus. Through encouragement from new friends, I joined SGA, Kappa Delta sorority, HSA finance committee, Pre-law Club, and now Drury Ambassadors. These positions now teach me how to put myself in front of organizations that I hadn’t been associated with before and took the risk of being rejected. Fortunately, all positions I had applied for accepted me. That in itself has given me a confidence boost and has pushed me to apply for other leadership positions. The honors program has also had a significant hand in pushing me to join as many committees as I can. In beginning an honors portfolio, I began to realize how “bare” my academic resume was. Sure, I had good grades, but I wasn’t as involved as I could be. So, I dusted off my resume and applied for as many leadership positions here on campus that I could.
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Do not go gentle into that good night, Dylan Thomas // "Do not go gentle into that good night"
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