Spring 2020
Hey. It’s been a while. The last time I posted was January 10, just a week before heading back to Gonzaga for my spring semester. A lot has happened since then. Despite everything that occurred, I accomplished a lot this past semester of college, and wanted to make a post about it. This is that.
This semester I moved into an off campus home for the first time. It was an adjustment for sure, but definitely a positive change. I still can’t cook though. (Somehow this is still true through quarantine, though not for the lack of trying.) Since I was returning from a semester abroad-did I mention I went abroad-I got to connect with a lot of people I hadn’t seen in a very long time. That was fun, but it took a while. Again, it was an adjustment for sure.
I had a lot of interesting classes this semester. For my political science major, I got to take International Law, Intro to International Relations, and the Developing World. All of these classes had some interesting intersections and was fun to go through in the same semester. Outside of that, I simulated running a multi-national lemonade corporation-don’t ask how it went-in my entrepreneurship class and learned the basics of Islam in an introductory course on the subject.
Like the rest of the country, I was sent home during spring break and moved to an online platform for the rest of the semester. I didn’t like it but considering the circumstances I was very lucky. I still managed to do very well despite a crippling lack of motivation during the last couple weeks, scoring my highest GPA of my college career. (I am definitely not bitter about being a thousandth of a point off from making President’s list.) As of right now, I am heading back to Spokane in the fall, but we will see what happens.
Outside of classes, had a great time returning to the business fraternity and social fraternity that I joined Sophomore year. In Theta Chi, I was elected Philanthropy chair and planned several trips to the local Habitat for Humanity site. In Alpha Kappa Psi, I was on the formal committee that quickly cancelled formal but was also elected VP of Member Engagement for my senior year, which I am very excited about. Finally, I helped a senior member of Alpha Kappa Psi realize his goal of establishing a Net Impact Chapter at Gonzaga, a club that I am proud to be president of next year.
Obviously, it was a bummer to miss out on a significant portion of my junior year and the foreseeable time of my senior year, but I understand that it is a privilege to go to college in the first place and be able to continue my education from a safe space at home. I know that many people can’t afford that luxury right now. I am proud though of what I managed to accomplish during the school year and am optimistic about what can be done in the coming months.
In the next couple of weeks, I will begin to release what I have been working on since the end of school. I am very proud of it all and can’t wait to share it with the world. Check back here for more updates. Or don’t, I’m not your dad.