Graduation & a New Beginning

This is it! Christmas Break has almost come to an end! It has been an amazing and exciting journey! I've been blessed with having some of the most amazing and life changing experiences! From competition team to being the Alternate on the NCHS Olympic team to student ambassador, I am SOO glad I took the opportunities to be so invovled in my school and student life! 18 months seems like forever, but once you get into the program 18 months feels like nothing. It goes by so fast! Sure, things may not always go as planned and you may experience the homesickness that most new college students get, but if you don't give up and stick it out, you will be more than proud of all of the amazing things you have accomplished! This coming quarter, I will start my bachelors program! It is gonna be tough, but with a little hard work I know it will be no problem! I also get to be a teachers aid! I am so excited to have the opportunity to work along side some of the awesome chefs we have at Sullivan University! :)

    -Allysa Taranto

Pending Graduate

& it's amazing to thing that after just 18 short months at SU that i am now coded in their system as a pending grad... that means i did it! i took all the classes, finished all my labs, survived an internship, and i am now the proud holder of a college degree. i never thought i would be the first person in my whole family to hold a degree. i proved to myself that i'm not a quitter and that i can persevere through anything. making the deans list multiple times was just an added bonus..

((uhhh-mazingggg))

this time next week i will be beginning my bachelors degree and moving into the next part of my life. i am so exicited to be at this point, there are no words. i just received a scholarship last week that makes everything just that much better.

today i am preparing for Christmas with my family. this Christmas i have one of the greatest gifts of all.. a diploma. my family couldnt be more proud and i couldnt be more happy. i can only imagine how that bachelors degree is going to feel, we'll find out :)

 

Merry Christmas everyone!!! :)

God Bless.
-Carly

Time has flown by so fast. This is my last quarter as a baking and pastry arts major which means i will be graduating in december. im on my last couple of hours at  my internship and it feels great. interning at the bakery has given a great experience and a lot of practice in my field.
i will be starting on my bachelors here at sullivan in january and im so excited!

Last Break!

Student Ambassador Event!

Student Ambassadors!

It's THANKSGIVING BREAK! This means that I am currently in WV and spending time with my friends and family! :) Only about 2 weeks left of this quarter & it GRADUATION TIME! :) im so excited. January starts the Bachelors program & I already have my schedule! Macroeconomics, Accounting 1 and an online Hospitality Class! :) I cant wait! I also may have the chance to be a TA! That means that I will be an instuctors assistant! I will be in the lab again with students but this time I will be helping teach! So excited to see what this next journey has in store for me! :)

My Fav Adult Student Ambassador!

The Start To Something New.





Cake I made at Edible Creations.

Birthday Cake for mrs Melanies daughter

Sweet 16 Cake!

Today, I got the chance to schedule for the beginning of my Bachelors program! As of december I will be done with my associates! That means that in the Spring I will graduate and walk across that stage! I am sooo excited! This quarter has been the beginning of what I consider hard classes. I am in Microeconomics and it has been tough. But with a lot of studying and dedication, Im moving along just fine! :) Starting in January, I will be taking Principles of Hospitality Management, Accounting 1 and Macroeconomics! I am super excited but nervous as I have heard that this is when things get difficult. Looking back on the journey so far, I have been so blessed! Ive learned so much and had experiences of a life time. I can't wait to get back into the swing of thing with the team and in the competitive atmosphere! I live for what I do. I also received the job as Assistant Lead Cake Decorator at a cake shop in Louisville! It has given me a sense of responsibility with things other than my own. With this job also comes being a key holder and having some management skills! I am so excited to see what else this Crazy college journey has to offer!


-Allysa Taranto

Gradutation

A week ago today, I walked across the stage. I shook Chancellor Sullivan's hand, I received my diploma. I don't know how else to describe the feeling other than ethereal. I remember what happened, how it felt, what  I was seeing, but it felt like an out-of body experience. I was watching myself accept my diploma, I wasn't doing it myself. I made it back to my seat to watch the rest of the ceremony but to this day I can not remember what I was thinking as I walked across that stage. It was that picturesque moment where you see in movies where everything slows down, and even the light in the air has a certain extra sparkle. 

I worked hard to earn my degree, I gave up weekends with friends to finish projects and spent hours upon hours studying. Although, the work has not deterred me from continuing on to my Bachelors. In another year and a half or so, I will be walking across that stage again. Maybe this time I will get to be myself as I accept my diploma and shake the Chancellor's hand. I can only hope.

"Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you."
- George Whitefield 

Elisabeth :)

Decisions, decisions..

I've been recently finding it quite hard to work and go to school this quarter. It's not because it's difficult, it's just hard finding motivation. And I've been looking everywhere. I can tell that I haven't been trying as hard as I used to when I first started school and when I first started working. I keep asking myself why. Days and days will pass by and I wonder what have I been doing...

I started to question is this where I want to be in life. Which is something I think everyone does around this point in time where graduation isn't too far away. And maybe the reason I felt that way is because even if I had made a plan, life never goes to plan. No matter how hard you may want it to. And I've run out of things to do to ignore this ever-pending decision of what I want to do with the rest of my life...

And though I'd like to finish this post saying that I've figured that out, I haven't. But at least I'm aware now that there is a decision to be made instead of ignoring it. I'm sure it will fall upon me eventually. I'll just be patient until that happens.

Thanks,

-Nikkos