The end is near...

 

Spring semester finals are officially here. Today is our last official day of classes, tomorrow is Reading Day and finals start on Friday.

Call me crazy, but I love finals week.

Since today is our last day of classes, today was Food Day in the Office of Admissions! That means everyone who works in the Nassif House brings some sort of food into work to share. The office is full of hot dogs, apple pie, cookies, buffalo chicken dip, walking tacos and smiling faces... what more could a stressed out college student trying to study for finals want?!

Some admissions staff enjoying food day!

Tomorrow is Reading Day - a day where all your classes are cancelled, work is optional and all you have to do is lay out in the beautiful sunshine and study, study, study. The library offers free coffee, extra snacks and even chair massages by appointment! Upper Gage brings in adorable therapy puppies for stress relieving petting sessions and also provides free snacks. Your parents are given the chance to send you HUGE care packages sponsored by Alumni Association full of snacks and positive encouragement. And then, as if we haven't already gotten our fill of free food and good luck wishes.. Residence Life sponsors a Midnight Breakfast for all students. From 10pm-midnight faculty and staff hang out in the cafeteria serving tired students pancakes, waffles, eggs, sausage and much, much more! It is the perfect late night snack and social hour study break since the caf is bustling with students, professors and lots of yummy food!

So, I'm not entirely sure if it's just because of all the free food laying around (I love food, so simply can't say no to free food) or if it's all the friendly faces wishing me good luck (and truly, truly meaning it) but I love finals week. Although, I certainly wouldn't mind finals week without the actual finals...

To add the stresses of finals week, Kohawks spend a majority of their last couple weeks at school in a state of bittersweet confusion. After an entire semester of hard classes, students are definitely ready to be done with homework and tests and enjoy a summer spent playing in the sun; however, classes ending and summer beginning also means leaving Coe for most students. Leaving behind your best friends and second family for an entire summer is not something any of us want to do and it makes the end of the school year goodbyes that much harder!

Taking full advantage of the warmer weather, my roomies and I celebrated another great year as Kohawks with dinner in downtown CR.

Lucky for me, I get to spend my summer at Coe as well! So look forward to a blog full of happy summer posts about traveling Italy, interning in the Alumni Advancement Office and doing summer research with my advisors!

Until next time! Enjoy the sun :)
- Hannah