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Letter from the Editor

Traveling Freckles

Jaimi Luckett

On our alumni Facebook page, Kate, our resident alumni FB admin recently asked folks to describe items on their bucket list. A few days later there was also a post asking people what the title of their life would be, if it were a novel. Traveling Freckles would be my title. Now I don't want to see that in the Kindle bookstore before I'm ready, because I know you all think it's such a fabulous book title!

For reasons that only my closest friends get to know, before I have a publisher (I'm a tease, I know) this title describes the experiences that have shaped my life and the ambitions that I have for the future. Each chapter in the novel of our lives has the potential to be defining. It can shape the next chapter, much like those choose your own story books, I used to love as a kid. Many of the posts included ambitions of finishing degrees, traveling, watching loved ones cross the graduation stage, and excerpts from different career and life experiences that have brought our students to where they are today.

As you think about the next chapter of your life, it could mean a different career path or new celebrations. As we embark on the summer, we will be hosting a virtual career fair May 15-17 that will allow students and alumni to engage in conversation with a variety of employers. If you are searching for a new chapter to embark on, this could be a spring board to the start of a great read! For those who have closed this chapter on their recent educational venture or are about to close it, we will be celebrating with them at Commencement 2012 in the National Harbor. Whatever chapter you are in at this moment, I hope it is one you will be able to look back on and be proud of.

As always, best of luck in your studies this semester and keep up the great work!