STORIES: John McNeil ’19
Lucas Middleton ’19
NIA MACFARLANE ’18
JOHN MCNEIL ’19
LUCAS MIDDLETON ’19 Region: Atlantic Canada lmiddlet@stfx.ca “StFX was especially meaningful because I was directly challenged by professors to improve my work and apply the knowledge I was learning – no professor gave me a
Greg Nugent ’19
“StFX is where I spent the formative years of my life and where I grew into the man I am today. Often as a recruiter, we get focused on what program is best for a student. At the end of my presentations, I always try to remind students that by going to X they will learn more about themselves than they can in any classroom could ever teach--this is something I think all alumni speak about best.”
Region: Nova Scotia and the U.S. nmacfarl@stfx.ca “My time at StFX remains meaningful to me because it allowed me to experience true independence for the first time, open my mind to the world, and meet my best friends.”
Region: Cape Breton, Southwestern Ontario, and the U.S. jmcneil@stfx.ca “Following in the footsteps of my mother and three older siblings, I was able to gain first-hand experience to the communityfocus and extensive opportunities available at StFX, which had been shared by the alumni surrounding me as I grew up.”
ALUMNI PLAY KEY PART IN HELPING PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS FIND STFX
KIERAN WARD ’20 Kieran Ward ’20
poor mark without following up about exactly what was wrong and what could be done to fix it. This level of attention and intention to the learning process is something very few other institutions can provide to first-year undergraduate students, and it was exactly what I needed to succeed.”
GREG NUGENT ’19 Region: Southwestern Ontario and the U.S. gnugent@stfx.ca
Region: Eastern Ontario and Quebec kward@stfx.ca “At the beginning of my undergraduate experience, what I thought I would finish my degree with included gaining independence, clarity in my future goals, late study nights, and other cliche university ideas. In reflection of what university and StFX specifically offered me was opening my eyes and doors to opportunities for my future, self-growth, and being supported by a community that will stand by me no matter how I choose to answer that looming ‘what’s next’ question.”
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