The Commons Spring 2018: Graduation Edition | Page 9

2018 GRADUATES
BRENDAN DONNELLY
FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: Attending the Latin Conventiculum.
PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: Attend Army Officer Candidate School.
MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: Education works better without the state.
DEVON DOORNBOS
FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: Memorizing one of T. S.
Eliot’s “The Four Quartets” for Senior Traditio
PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: Work full-time.
MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: Break your workload
down into smaller tasks so you don’t get overwhelmed.
ALEX DOYLE
FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: Ripping my dress pants,
on stage, right before my first concert.
PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: Pursuing the M.A. at N.S.A.
MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: The ability to
think and write concisely and clearly.
NATALIE EVANS
B
FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: A toss-up between catching frogs
and dissecting cats, trying as a class to collectively maintain the
ability to speak modern English while studying Middle English,
and marking up a whole Bach score with rainbow pencils.
PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: Pursue web
development and computer programming.
MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: Romans 8:38-39.
JOSHUA FRANCK
FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: The herpetology field trip.
PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: Moving back to Maryland.
MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: Rhetoric on the spot.
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