On Saturday I graduated from UMaine! I’ll have my Bachelor of Biology degree by the end of the Summer. I’m relocating to Portland this weekend to take a class at USM and maybe start on my Master’s. I have no idea what I’m doing after this Summer, but my original plan was to move to Florida in the Fall, though I have family who want me to move to California instead. I want to get started on grad school soon.
Last week we also had the Lavender Graduation – a special dinner event to recognize graduating GLBT students. We got rainbow tassels for graduation on Saturday. I’m going to miss all my friends at UMaine, the Rainbow Resource Center, and Wilde Stein. It all came together to make my years at UMaine awesome!
I was happy to see I ended the semester with all A’s and B’s – Organic Chemistry, Plant Biology (w/lab), Developmental Biology (w/lab), and my Senior Research Paper based on the past 2 years of scientific research I’ve been doing in plant genetic engineering. Who knows what’s in my future? In any case, I’m ready for the next step!
I want to thank my parents Vicki and Ed, and my uncle Ray, for all their help in getting me through my undergraduate degree. This is the best gift you could have given me! Thank-you!
Graduating!
My name in lights at UMaine ^-^
Ashley and I
As you can see, I was quite excited, LOL 🙂
Grammy Flanders got to attend, too
My dad changed our gym sign to congratulate me. Thanks, Dad!
The University also recognized me for my services to the GLBT community on campus
