UNBREAKABLE
BONDS
FROM SHARING A ROOM TO SHARING THEIR LIVES: Three Pairs of Hun Alumnae Keep Friendship Thriving Long After Graduation
When you enter a new school as a boarding student and
LAURA KIM ’19 and CJ MOZEIKA ’19
you are assigned a complete stranger as a roommate, it
While attending boarding school comes with a lot of freedom
usually goes one of two ways. The pair could learn that they
and fun, it also comes with a lot of trust and responsibility.
aren’t quite compatible as roommates and decide to part
A successful experience is dependent upon a boarder's ability
ways the following year, or they could win the roommate lottery and discover that being roommates creates a lifelong bond. For these Hun alumnae, it was the latter. Bethany Loffredo, dean of students and dorm parent, notes that one of the greatest pleasures of being a dorm parent is being able to watch resident students form those
to be a good roommate. Boarders really have to learn how to build relationships when they’re at their most vulnerable (away from home and sharing personal space with a stranger). The experience includes learning how to be thoughtful and considerate, but also how to support each other through tough days and celebrate each other’s happiness. It means seeing your roommate in every light. For Laura Kim ’19 and CJ Mozeika ’19, their boarding
relationships:, “At the end of the school day, our day
experience brought them all of those things, and more. From
students go home and process their days, share good news,
their late night talks in the kitchen of Carter Hall eating Ben
or talk about something funny that happened in class with
& Jerry’s to the memories they made participating in Resident
their parents and siblings; our resident students do all
Life weekend activities, they shared all the ups and downs of
of those things with one another, and inevitably, they are strongly connected to one another as a result. It makes being a dorm parent especially rewarding knowing that we help cultivate those long-lasting friendships.” Here are a few of our favorite successful pairings turned friends forever.
everyday life and formed an indelible bond in the process. To this day, the two are still there for one another through every phase of life. “CJ and I did absolutely everything together,” Ms. Kim says. “Weekend brunch together was a must, we studied together, we did weekend activities, and we even brushed our teeth together every night. You don’t realize how much living with someone really bonds you to that person; you see all sides of them and they see all sides of you. There is a lot of trust there.”
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