Honors (All That Hard Works Pays Off and Food is Included!)

The end of senior year means crazy stress, lots of homework, final papers, and free food.

Yes, it wasn't a typo.
Free food.

For working really hard the past four years, Coe likes to reward their students with free, delicious food. Let me explain.

Last week, I traveled to the town next door to have a dinner with some Cornell students. Our dinner was a celebration of being inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest national honor society. The official induction ceremony will happen the Saturday before graduation, so this dinner was more about celebrating all our hard academic work.

Then, later last week, Admissions did a small send off for the seniors who work in the department. It was right after the work day and consisted of cake and soda. It was a way for us to chat with the Admission Department more casually, instead of running around giving tours and what not! They gave us all a small gift and a giant card filled with good notes (the ones that make you smile no matter how many times you read it).

This upcoming week, I have another honor society dinner, Phi Beta Phi, that I was fortunate enough to be selected to join. Then, on Thursday is the annual Senior Send Off Dinner over at the Clark Alumni House. On Friday, the English Department will have their senior send off, which I am really excited for. Then the final, big fancy dinner comes the following week when the seniors head to the Cedar Rapids Country Club for a feast and celebration. 

So moral of the story: work hard in college. Reap success while working hard and there might even be some free food at the end of it!