Brown Paper Packages tied up with string…

One of my favorite things about William & Mary is the bragging rights. You go to the oldest college in the nation? I go to the oldest university. You have to pledge an honor code at your college? My college has the first and oldest honor code in the country. This important guy in history is a graduate of your school? Let me read you the list of people that graduated from William & Mary, maybe you’ll recognize one or a hundred of them.

So maybe it’s actually the history that’s a part of William & Mary’s DNA that I love. I love walking to class in the Wren building knowing the amazing people who have taken classes there before me. I love that my campus is covered (exclusively) in bricks, reminding me with every step I take that there is so much history to be found on these grounds. I love that W&M doesn’t just boast about its past, but is so invested in its future.

One of the best things about W&M is that they know their history and are more focused on how great the future is going to be. They spend so much time taking care of their family of students, reminding them over the course of their time here that this will always be a home for them, but they are going to go off and do amazing things. Whether it’s founding a nation, winning an Academy Award, or interning in Washington D.C., William & Mary students have been changing the world for 321 years and there is no reason to doubt that we won’t be able to do the same thing. One month left until I’m tasked with upholding that legacy. Bring it on.

– Kate Fitzgerald