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Aguirre, Linda...........................................MA Becker, Noelle..........................................MA Di Lorenzo, Claire....................................MA Ealey, Katherine.......................................MA Gan, Kara..................................................MA Johnson, Jawaune...................................MA Mendoza Obregon, Cesar Augusto......MA Mooty, Matthew.......................................MA Porter, Alisha..........................................MFA Griffin, Jill.................................................MM Andrade, Gabrielle................................MPA Bennett, Kristina....................................MPA Berry, Devin............................................MPA Cooper, Christopher.............................MPA

Finn, Jasmeen........................................MPA King, Jalyn..............................................MPA Mandal, Ajla...........................................MPA Rodriguez, Natalia.................................MPA Waller, Latonya.......................................MPA Withycombe, Amber.............................MPA Woolsey, Warren....................................MPA Backer, Jennifer........................................MS Berry, Guisel..............................................MS Bretscher, Emily........................................MS Caldiero, Nicholas....................................MS Chelibei, Clara Cherotich........................MS Emonvuon, Magdalene...........................MS Fadera, Yusupha.......................................MS

Fatah, Zahra..............................................MS Golden, Mary............................................MS Heaslet, Andrew.......................................MS Henry, Chelsea.........................................MS Herzberg, Melessa...................................MS Holtz, Joseph............................................MS Kalauni, Sagar...........................................MS Krumm, Kyle..............................................MS Lambrechts, Jill........................................MS Leigh, Bricie..............................................MS Miller, Matthew.........................................MS Pryor, Stefanie...........................................MS Rajabraeiat, Elaheh..................................MS Reynolds, Donald.....................................MS

Sani, Mariam.............................................MS Sivalingam, James Doorairaj..................MS Sparks, Kayla.............................................MS Subbaiahgari, Harini................................MS Usmonov, Austin......................................MS Chelibei, Clara Cherotich.........................PB Fatah, Zahra...............................................PB Garrett, Kaylee..........................................PB Herzberg, Melessa....................................PB Huntley, Karl...............................................PB Johnson, Deborah....................................PB Kalauni, Sagar............................................PB King, Jalyn..................................................PB Rea, Jennifer..............................................PB

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Bednara, Katelyn.......................................BS Bellamour, Gibbs.......................................BS Belobrajdic, Charles.................................BS Blades, Zoe................................................BS Blakely, Gavin............................................BS Boston, Francesca.....................................BS Branstetter, Nathaniel..............................BS Brown, Elijah..............................................BS Buhlig, Ethan..............................................BS Bullard, Tanner...........................................BS Cao, Nguyen..............................................BS Craig, Anna................................................BS Crump, Rasheed........................................BS Dalan, Andrew...........................................BS Davis, Angel...............................................BS Davis, Amyri...............................................BS Demers, Zyon............................................BS Dewitt, Pacey.............................................BS Diener, Jessica...........................................BS Dixon, Nataley...........................................BS Edwards, Sydni..........................................BS Embrey, Kyle..............................................BS Evans, Elizabeth........................................BS Eversman, Alexander................................BS Finley, Caleb..............................................BS Fisher, Mackenzie......................................BS Fisher, Seth................................................BS Flatt, Amie.................................................BS Flournoy, James........................................BS Foster, Izack...............................................BS Foster, Leah................................................BS Frazier, Carah.............................................BS Free, Tyler...................................................BS Frisbee, Daniel...........................................BS Frisse, Luke.................................................BS Gagliardi, Dakota......................................BS Garrison, Misty..........................................BS Gill, Mya......................................................BS Giller, Erin...................................................BS Glover, E Monty.........................................BS Goett, Connor...........................................BS Gogue, Rosie.............................................BS Goldsmith, Noah-Christopher................BS Grace, Rose................................................BS Gray, Taylor................................................BS Haas, Delaney............................................BS Hamilton, Claire.........................................BS

Hanes, Marquise.......................................BS Hardy, Rosemary.......................................BS Harris, Kedzie.............................................BS Hazelwood, Kyle........................................BS Hill, Isabella................................................BS Hinterser, Connor......................................BS Holden, Abigail.........................................BS Huldisch-Vukovic, Ava..............................BS Jackson, Mona...........................................BS Johnson, Kristian.......................................BS Joseph, Forest...........................................BS Kaber, Abigail............................................BS Kanost, Eileen............................................BS Kassen, Benjamin......................................BS Kelso, Reyes...............................................BS Kingery, Samuel........................................BS Knapp, Payton...........................................BS Komor-Sies, Katelyn..................................BS Korte, Claire...............................................BS Kraus, Amanda..........................................BS Kutzgar, Samantha....................................BS LaChance, Travis.......................................BS Laird, Emily.................................................BS Lemaster, Derek........................................BS Lewis, Karley..............................................BS Links, Braeden...........................................BS Lochmann, Riley........................................BS Louis, Antonio............................................BS Magnussen, Sophia..................................BS McDaniel, Sarah........................................BS McQueeny, Jimmy....................................BS Mcteer, Abagail.........................................BS Mullin, Kyle.................................................BS Nail, Joao...................................................BS Oglesby, Kelsey.........................................BS Oxford, Sara...............................................BS Parker, Drake..............................................BS Patrick, Kerri...............................................BS Pawaskar, Prajakta Vivek..........................BS Phan, Lauren..............................................BS Powers, Spencer........................................BS Pritchett, Akeya.........................................BS Ramirez, Taneil...........................................BS Ratliff, Kyle.................................................BS Reese, Brielle.............................................BS Richardson, Tyler.......................................BS Riley, Leigha...............................................BS

Rodgers, Olivia..........................................BS Rud, Jordan................................................BS Schaltenbrand, Alena...............................BS Schnieders, Haley......................................BS Seelbach, Lucas.........................................BS Shaffer, Emma............................................BS Shannon, Matthew....................................BS Sherrill, Sharon..........................................BS Signore, Madison......................................BS Simms, Destinee.......................................BS Sinnock, Matthew......................................BS Smith, Margaret.........................................BS Spears, Kennedy.......................................BS Spitler, Abigail...........................................BS Stanforth, Arianna.....................................BS Stearns, Zachary........................................BS Steward, Tyler............................................BS Stewart, Zaria.............................................BS Strubhart, Jacob........................................BS Stumpf, Emily.............................................BS Swanson, Violet.........................................BS Tart, Terrance.............................................BS Tate, Lawrence...........................................BS Taylor, Na’Kiya...........................................BS Theivagt, Michaela....................................BS Tindall, Robert...........................................BS Travis, Sholony...........................................BS Trimble, Alexis...........................................BS Trimble, Natalia.........................................BS Ummel, Natalia..........................................BS Umulor, Lauren..........................................BS Velazquez, Celia........................................BS Voltz, Jonathan..........................................BS Warren, Paul...............................................BS Warren, Hannah.........................................BS Watson, Kyrie.............................................BS Weidman, Michaela..................................BS West, Chase...............................................BS Whaley, Lauren..........................................BS White, Adam..............................................BS Wieland, Joshua........................................BS Williams, Alona..........................................BS Williams, David..........................................BS Willis, Miracle.............................................BS Womack, Jason.........................................BS Woodruff, Joel...........................................BS Woods, Nyla..............................................BS

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Ajmeri, Mohitkumar..............................MBA Alvarado, Jonathan...............................MBA Anderson, Caitlin..................................MBA Bohle, Jacob..........................................MBA Bolt, Lauren............................................MBA Brigham, Chad.......................................MBA Bunge, Thomas.....................................MBA Bushur, Claire.........................................MBA Caler, Ana...............................................MBA Campise, Jessica...................................MBA Clayton, Lucas.......................................MBA Cline, Kyle..............................................MBA Crifasi, Russell........................................MBA Crockett , Daniel....................................MBA Cummings, Alexis.................................MBA Dashin, Pavel..........................................MBA Davis, Jonathan.....................................MBA Deatherage, Ashleigh..........................MBA Deck, Michael........................................MBA Farrar, Heather.......................................MBA Farrell, Dylan..........................................MBA Fouts, Hunter.........................................MBA Fox, Kaitlynn..........................................MBA Frausto, Ryan.........................................MBA Fuller, Elana............................................MBA Fuller, Toi................................................MBA

Gatpandan, Lea Eljean.........................MBA Gheen, Erin............................................MBA Gjelaj, Robert.........................................MBA Golden, Samantha................................MBA Gray, Anastasia......................................MBA Gregory, Tacha......................................MBA Gross, Courtney....................................MBA Hardin, Joseph......................................MBA Harmon, Ashley.....................................MBA Herron, Amber.......................................MBA Hettel, Benjamin....................................MBA Hogan, Sarah.........................................MBA Ivory, Tarron...........................................MBA Jaimes, Marina.......................................MBA Jerelds, Jasmine....................................MBA Joshi, Babita..........................................MBA Klump, Danielle.....................................MBA Koechner, Talley Amy..........................MBA Kohnen, Kyle..........................................MBA Lawton, Abbigail...................................MBA Liberati, Gino.........................................MBA Linneman, Ruth......................................MBA Loveless, Jurre.......................................MBA Millenbruck, Jake..................................MBA Mull, Cody..............................................MBA Nguyen, Tiffany.....................................MBA

Nwosu, Charles.....................................MBA Ortgiesen, Elizabeth.............................MBA Paolucci, Joseph...................................MBA Passman, Scott......................................MBA Poe, Hailee.............................................MBA Poudel, Binuka.......................................MBA Reynolds, Melissa..................................MBA Ruesch, Bailey........................................MBA Schuchman, Caydn...............................MBA Shakeel, Kylie.........................................MBA Steffen, Jeremiah .................................MBA Stephens, Jacob....................................MBA Swingel, Michael...................................MBA Taylor, Margaret....................................MBA Thomas, Samuel....................................MBA Watts, Reasheal.....................................MBA Welch, Allana.........................................MBA Wesolowski, Kyle...................................MBA Womack, Benjamin...............................MBA Aldrich, Payton.....................................MMR Dupont Barlow, Ryty ...........................MMR Elbehery, Ahmed Ayman Abdelaal...MMR Pagan, Brendan....................................MMR Wolfe, Jacob.........................................MMR Woods, Alyson......................................MMR Phillips, Kelby............................................MS

Giri, Bidhan...............................................MS Okyere, Sarah Anobil..............................MS Pani, Andrew.............................................MS Raut, Reason.............................................MS Salau, Rahmat Ibironke............................MS Swar, Shobha............................................MS Borgmann, Loralie.................................MSA Collins, Kristen.......................................MSA Mueller, Brylee.......................................MSA Parrett, Rowan.......................................MSA Stuckey, Noah........................................MSA Bowman, Patrick....................................MSA Emery, Chris...........................................MSA Fuller, Kaleb...........................................MSA Hammet, Isaac.......................................MSA Hardiek, Josh.........................................MSA Hayes, Robert........................................MSA Roderick, Jacob.....................................MSA Salsman, Lukas.......................................MSA Wilschetz, Hope....................................MSA Zimmerman, James...............................MSA

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Keller, Jessica............................................BS Kerner, Drew..............................................BS Khan, Hassaan...........................................BS Krebs, Colton.............................................BS Lamparter, Sarah.......................................BS Lands, Matthew.........................................BS Lane, Connor.............................................BS Laub, Stuart................................................BS Lilly, Dustin.................................................BS Litteken, Georgia......................................BS Loemker, Claire..........................................BS Markowitz, Abraham................................BS Maue, Ian....................................................BS McDevitt, Luke..........................................BS Merz, Nathan.............................................BS Miles, Nicholas..........................................BS Mitchell, Scott............................................BS Moore, Matthew........................................BS Muench, Nicolai........................................BS Murillo, Cesar.............................................BS Mylrea, Clayton.........................................BS Olson, Caylie..............................................BS Orebaugh, Madison.................................BS Owusu-Asiedu, Avery...............................BS Parizon, Brian.............................................BS Parker, Bryan..............................................BS Parks, Reagan............................................BS

Pitcher, Benjamin .....................................BS Quattlander, Cole.....................................BS Rainge, Nathan..........................................BS Ramadan, Tarik..........................................BS Ranstead, Ainsley .....................................BS Real, Mitchell.............................................BS Repp, Jacob...............................................BS Riley, Kenji..................................................BS Robbers, Jessica.......................................BS Sanders, Miciah.........................................BS Sandoval, Pardo Lara................................BS Schantz, Emilee.........................................BS Schroeder, Melanie...................................BS Schwerdt, Trenton.....................................BS Scrivner, Carolyne.....................................BS Seely, Taylor...............................................BS Simpson, Tyler...........................................BS Smith, Hannah...........................................BS Springer, Taylor..........................................BS Tanner, Tiffany...........................................BS Taylor, Jazlyn..............................................BS Thamke, Cole.............................................BS Thomas, Isaiah...........................................BS Van Camp, Stephen..................................BS Van Ness, Noah.........................................BS Vincent, Grace...........................................BS Wallace, Matthew......................................BS

Wermert, Evan...........................................BS Wilkins, Madison.......................................BS Wilson, Travis.............................................BS Wisdom, Destiny.......................................BS Wood, Bridget...........................................BS Wright, Abigail..........................................BS Wyatt, Logan.............................................BS Taylor, DeAndre........................................BS Albrecht, Nathan....................................BSA Arana, Paola............................................BSA Daluga, Timothy.....................................BSA Ferriell, Emily...........................................BSA Heckert, Lauren......................................BSA Hill, NyLa.................................................BSA Jackels, Austin........................................BSA Malone, Kyle............................................BSA Obispo, Dominique...............................BSA Pugh, Rylie...............................................BSA Scudder, Lucki.........................................BSA Smith, Kaleigh.........................................BSA Soto, Joe’L...............................................BSA Thompson, Mychael...............................BSA Thyer, Kyla...............................................BSA Westfall, Peyton......................................BSA Will, Allison..............................................BSA Wise, Chase.............................................BSA Wrigley, Kira............................................BSA

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Ford, Janielle.............................BS

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Acosta Vazquez, Axel Emanuel......BS

Friesner, Dillan...........................BS

Mendoza, Jazmine....................BS

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Shaul, Julie.................................BS

Bigtas, Jason..............................BS

Gardner, Lysandra.....................BS

Moore, Kristen...........................BS

Sheehan, Molly..........................BS

Brown, Marina............................BS

Gilleland, Rahel..........................BS

Morris, David.............................BS

Siman, Jenna..............................BS

Burton, Carter............................BS

Hajari, Swati...............................BS

Neudeck, Jade..........................BS

Stauder, Kelly.............................BS

Clemons, Peyton.......................BS

Harlan, Hana..............................BS

Oladipupo, Folasade................BS

Stocking, Kathryn......................BS

Coleman, Liberty.......................BS

Harman, Alex.............................BS

Paxton, Olivia.............................BS

Stout, Breanna...........................BS

Cook, Shadiamond...................BS

Harper, Sheila............................BS

Payne, Madeline........................BS

Thole, Kent.................................BS

Davis, Olivia...............................BS

Hummert, Sydney......................BS

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Thompson, Aaron.....................BS

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Lanham, Danielle.......................BS

Radley, SylveAsha.....................BS

Williams, Anaudia......................BS

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Ricks, Jersei................................BS

Williams, Evan............................BS

Fehr, Joseph..............................BS

Matthews, Christian..................BS

Ross, Mason...............................BS

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Ferguson, Reese........................BS

Mcguire, Joshua........................BS

Runge, Avery..............................BS

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school of engineering - graduate degrees Acchukolu, Manikanta Rohith Kumar....MS Adapa, Sri Sai Poojitha............................MS Adediji, Modupeoluwa Abisoluwa........MS Akepogu, Nikhil Nihar.............................MS Anumukonda, Radhakalyani...................MS Arumilli, Vidya Manaswi..........................MS Banala, Spandana....................................MS Baral, Prajwal............................................MS Bonikala , Ajay Kumar..............................MS Boppey, Jaswanth....................................MS Chanduri, Pranath....................................MS Chekkala, Naga Sai Sumanth.................MS Cross, Gwyneth........................................MS Debnath , Saiket........................................MS Devulapally, Shriya Santoshi...................MS Dharmysetty, Venkata Siva Sai Ram......MS Dodapanani, Vamshi................................MS Gandi, Aravind Krishna...........................MS

Gondhi, Bharath Reddy...........................MS Gorantla , Maneesh..................................MS Gudiya, Rohith Sai Kumar.......................MS Gummadi, Suneesh.................................MS Gundem, Rameshwar..............................MS Guntupalli, Sireesha.................................MS Guttikonda, Pranathi...............................MS Guvvala, Praveen.....................................MS Hasan, Md Safeyat...................................MS Jansen, Henry...........................................MS Kadel, Nabin.............................................MS Kakumani, Akhila......................................MS Kancharla, Bhanu Hari Vardhan.............MS Koduri, Venkata Ayyappa.......................MS Kongara, Lakshman Kumar.....................MS Korrapat, Dileep Sai................................MS Kotha, Divyasree......................................MS Kumbham, Sushmanth Goud.................MS

Kunaparaju, Dilip Varma.........................MS Kupferle, Geoffrey...................................MS Lynch, George..........................................MS Maddula, Sravya.......................................MS Mahmud, Saifullah...................................MS Mareedu, Om Sai Praneeth....................MS Mohammed, Salman Khan .....................MS Mohammed, Abdul Adil.........................MS Mohammed, Anwaar Ullah.....................MS Mohammed, Zubair Ahmed...................MS Mundru Rupa Sai.....................................MS Mungara, Subbaraju................................MS Muniganti, Madhu Kumar........................MS Nallimelli, Sai Naga Venkata Maneeswari ....................................................................MS Narra, Haritha Sai Sree............................MS Nelluri, Sai Teja.........................................MS Nepal, Bikash............................................MS

Niraula, Shubhechchha...........................MS Parks, Jordan............................................MS Pasupuleti, Blessy Paul............................MS Pidugu, Chaitanya....................................MS Ponna, Dinesh Reddy..............................MS Rapolu, Chiranjeeva Reddy...................MS Ravuri Ravi, Vignesh Varma....................MS Sapkota, Bishal.........................................MS Shaik, Amaan............................................MS Shariat Keivan.........................................MS Shrestha, Krishodar Bhakta....................MS Shrestha , Shreyansh................................MS Sole, Avinash Babu..................................MS Talluri, Sainath..........................................MS Tummala, Manisha Reddy.......................MS Vuda, Ananda Sai Sri...............................MS Yenduri, Jaswanth....................................MS Zamiri, Athena..........................................MS

- undergraduate degrees Aldrich, Seth.............................................BA Licko, Sophia.............................................BA Ramatowski, Courtney.............................BA Zinzilieta, Maxwell....................................BA Ahern, Josue..............................................BS Alvarez, Antonio........................................BS Aneja, Gautam...........................................BS Boston, Anthony........................................BS Botterbush, Kevin.....................................BS Canavan, Nathan......................................BS Chen, Cheng..............................................BS Chitrakavi, Jaya Samhita..........................BS Corral, Brian...............................................BS Cotter, Christian........................................BS Crossley, Curtis..........................................BS Danner, Jacob............................................BS Dean, Conner.............................................BS DeConcini, Kevin.......................................BS Doolin, Grant.............................................BS Doran, Cameron........................................BS

Doyle, Ann.................................................BS Dysert, Kellen............................................BS Flager-Hearan, Isaiah................................BS Fleck, Isaac.................................................BS Fletcher, Matthew.....................................BS French, Jonathan.......................................BS Georgian, Zechariah.................................BS Grapperhaus, Ben.....................................BS Greuel, Katherine......................................BS Haenel, Joseph..........................................BS Hansel, Trent..............................................BS Herkert, Austin..........................................BS Higgins, Tyler.............................................BS Hildebrandt, Caleb...................................BS Holland, Jacob..........................................BS Hutcherson, Benjamin..............................BS Hyman, Cole..............................................BS Karnezis, Alexander..................................BS Klostermann, Liliana.................................BS Kumalo, Mziomukulu................................BS

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Ronat, Kyle.................................................BS Saini, Nikhil.................................................BS Santillan, Nicolas.......................................BS Sartoris, Rocco...........................................BS Schaefer, Sydney.......................................BS Scheibal, Jace............................................BS Schlegl, Sam..............................................BS Schuchman, Sean ......................................BS Smith, Bryan...............................................BS Spanske, Christopher...............................BS Taul, Benjamin...........................................BS Tejkowski, Leopold...................................BS Unnerstall, Alexander...............................BS Weicht, Peyton..........................................BS Williams, Anthony.....................................BS Wright, Makenzie ......................................BS Zawitkowski, Jackson................................BS Zhang, Jingru.............................................BS Zhou, Chenyuhang....................................BS

PROGRAMMING SUCCESS: Senior CMIS major creates successful software application for Bayer SOPHIE HAWKINS reporter Nathan Gould, a senior computer management and information systems major, along with seniors Alexis Clark, Jace Ferguson, Abraham Markowitz and Jessica Robbers have created an application to help project sponsor Bayer, a life science company, for their CMIS 470 Senior Project.

Since coming to SIUE, Gould said his favorite project to work on has been the project for the senior capstone course.

“This [project] gave real life aspects of communicating with project sponsors,” Gould said. “Working with a group that was just kind of mashed together where we all knew of each other, but then we were able to learn of each other’s skills. Along with that, it’s being able to perform and be in a professional setting to present all of this.”

“The main thrust of this course …

is to bridge the gap between academics and the real world,” CMIS Department Instructor Carol Seger said.

For the project, Seger said groups were paired with a project sponsor who wrote a brief description of what their problem was, what they wanted the students to do and what results they wanted the project to produce.

“Bayer wanted to know if we could do research in a different application software or platform that could help fill their business needs of summarizing comments and stuff from their climate survey,” Gould said.

Gould said the goal of their group was to view the needs of Bayer and create a plan to address their situation and issues to find viable solutions.

“So in our case, we were able to find some possible solutions, and then I was able to design an application that actually implemented it as well,” Gould said. “Using classes from the school of business … I was able to fully leverage Python to create an application

for [Bayer].”

The project was presented on Dec. 6 with Bayer on site to see the presentation in person. Gould said Bayer signed off on the project.

“Our team got a sense from the project sponsors that they enjoyed it.

They told us that it was a very good project and they were surprised with having an application that was actually functioning for them,” Gould said.

“They were surprised about the amount of detail and stuff and that we only prepared this in one semester, because it was not a lot of time.”

Gould said that the group’s performance and communication during the project made it his favorite project during his time at SIUE. “Our project manager kept us on task. We all worked together. Business analysts did great, and [Abe] and myself I feel like really excelled at researching and then presenting viable options,” Gould said.

Seger said the project was a team effort, with everyone in the group work-

ing together and collaborating.

“Their team very quickly moved to a high-performing team, and that’s where you get those synergies and how exciting it is to feel that this team is successful,” Seger said. “Especially for a large company like Bayer, we want to make sure that we can continue to be successful on their projects, because what that means then is they’re going to come back next semester, and they’re going to sponsor another project.”

Gould said SIUE classes have given him different views on how to conduct future projects.

“The CMIS degree … has provided me the tools and skillsets to excel in a professional setting,” Gould said.

Gould said his goal after graduation is to start searching for jobs and kickstart his career in the field.

“I would love to come back to SIUE, potentially for my master’s in CMIS or a related field, but ideally, I would like some work experience first within the career field that I am targeting,” Gould said.

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Future historian gives tips for students as she leaves SIUE in the past AUBREE NOLES reporter Editor’s Note: Francesca Boston was an Alestle employee from 2021 to 2023.

Francesca Boston, a history major, is graduating a semester early. As her time at SIUE comes to an end, she is reflecting on her experiences and offering advice to fellow students.

Boston graduated high school during the COVID-19 pandemic and attended SIUE on the prestigious Meridian Scholarship. She said that she never toured any universities and only saw SIUE for the first time when she moved in. Despite this, Boston said she’s glad she chose this university.

Boston said that while she is thankful for the Meridian Scholarship, there were times she felt undeserving of it. She said she believed other students in the honors program were more deserving, but this motivated her to work hard and fully utilize her scholarship, leading her to take part in research and work during her time at SIUE. According to Boston, she struggled during her freshman year at SIUE. She was in the honors program, and she was working outside of school on top of it.

Her friends and roommates faced similar struggles, so they were someone she could relate to and fall back on. “[It was] helpful to see that they were going through the same thing — that I wasn’t alone in this overwhelmingness of it all,” Boston said.

As she navigated college, Boston said she learned the importance of saying “no” more, especially after pulling all-nighters every week. She said she had to find a balance between work, school and hobbies, as well as making sure to reserve at least one day a week to sleep in.

Through the honors program, Boston said she has engaged in conversations she believes are important not only to her but also her peers. She said many students in the honors program are in STEM fields,

making it rare to find other history or humanities majors like herself.

Boston had the opportunity to study abroad in Bulgaria through the International Student Exchange Program. She said she was nervous about going, because Bulgaria was her third choice on her placement list. Boston said that, being unfamiliar with the language, reading and speaking was a struggle for her.

“By the end of my time there, I could speak a little bit [of the language]. I could say ‘thank you,’ ‘please,’ ‘have a good day,’ things like that. But I couldn’t ever have a conversation with anybody, so it was definitely very isolating in that aspect,” Boston said.

Boston said that although it felt isolating, she was able to make friends with the other exchange students there. She made friends with German and French students and her roommate who went to school in Kazakhstan.

“It was really cool to room with her, and [we have] different religions, so it was really encouraging to see how we worship differently. We got along so well, and we are still friends today,” Boston said.

Boston said that as a history major, her best studying advice is to keep up with the readings. She said history is fascinating, and the readings are essential to understanding the material.

“I’m sure all the other students have had this experience where you’re just in the depths of weeks 8, 9 and 10, and you’re having a really hard time getting through, and then you get through [it], and you’re like, ‘Woah, what I learned was really interesting, and it’s applying to all these other areas of my life and research,’” Boston said.

Boston said that experiencing history in the real world has been just as valuable as studying, and that visiting museums and archives related to class material can be very helpful. She also said it’s important to make history something larger than just a classroom experience.

Boston also recommended for students to participate in Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities. She said

that she has learned a lot from her outof-class interactions through the program.

When it comes to getting the most out of SIUE, Boston said she believes it’s just as important to invest in friendships and connections as it is to focus on classes. She said students should also get to know their professors better, because she has found them to be “really cool and really smart.”

Boston said she is glad she made an effort to build and maintain friendships during her time at SIUE. She has stayed in contact with friends she met through shared classes and kept in touch with former roommates.

Boston said that she is ready to graduate and go into the real world. Since she has been in school since she was three

years old, she is done with being a student for a while.

“That kind of identity of moving from a student to an employee or to a person outside of an academic experience is something that I think I’m going to have to grapple with for a little bit,” Boston said.

Boston has an interview for a museum job in her hometown. If she gets the position, she plans to move back home and work there. She said that she will work a couple of other odd jobs there to save up to move to England.

Since Boston has dual citizenship in England, she hopes to move there by next August or September. She said that she wants to work in English national parks and historic sites. Within 15 to 20 years, she hopes to get her PhD there as well.

courtesy of Francesca Boston