Connection Piece: Why I Work for SA

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December 16, 2021

Coming into this semester I was filled with excitement. This semester began with a lot of change and a lot of new beginnings; it was my first semester off campus, my first semester of junior year, and my first semester working for Student Activities. I would describe myself as someone who is always down to try new things and to do things that make me uncomfortable. I love having the freedom to say, in the words of one of my best friends Kate, “LET’S DO IT.” As new and exciting as the thought of applying to work for Student Activities at the end of last semester was, it definitely did not take a lot of convincing and was probably one of the easiest decisions that I have made since coming to Liberty. Now you might ask why this decision was so easy for me to make. I mean SA is just another job I could have worked anywhere, why work for this campus organization? Allow me to take you all back to my freshman year at Liberty.

I remember driving onto campus move in day and knowing I had made the right choice in coming to Liberty. As my car was surrounded by CGL’s and everything I owned loaded into red bins, this school quickly began to feel like home. As I met my roommate upstairs in our room on Emerson Hall (shoutout) and we started to unpack we simultaneously began planning everything we wanted to do during welcome week and the first things on our list included an outdoor mic on the lawn and movie night on the commons lawn.

This night of welcome week holds one of my favorite memories of my freshman year. My roommate and I had met a few girls on our hall, and we all decided to go down and watch the movie together. We all walked down together, six girls who had just met three days before but felt like sisters in such a short amount of time. I honestly don’t remember the movie that was on that night, I think it may have been Aladdin but I wouldn’t bet my life on it, but what I do remember was laughing until we cried and smiling so much that by the end of the night my face hurt.

This was one of those nights when you look at the people around you and you just know, these people are going to always be a part of my life and so far that has been all too true. These girls continue to be some of my best friends at Liberty and just in life. One of the girls there that night got married this summer and all of us were in her wedding! (whoop whoop! give it up for the Baldwins!) Now, every Tuesday night the Baldwins host family dinner for all of their friends and when the craziness of this life slows down, sometimes you will see all of us there and we get to reminisce on those girls from freshman year.

This is just one memory that I have over the last two and a half years that are attached to an SA event that helped lay the groundwork for the beginning of some of the best friendships I have ever had. This is what drew me to work for Student Activities. Being able to be a part of creating a space where friendships can be formed, memories can be made, and community can be found. Student Activities has given me some of the sweetest memories and has always made me feel so welcomed and at home. I can only hope that I can play a small part in being for someone else what Student Activities has been for me in my life.

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