By Brianna Stevens | Editor in Chief
Photo by Sarah Williams
Dear Mount Wachusett Community College,
When I first applied here, you were my safety school. I never expected to actually attend, but halfway through the summer, my plans with another institution fell through because it was going to cost so much money, money that I did not have.
I turned to you because you were my safety net, thank God. Without you, I would either be $50,000 in debt by this point in my education, or I would be working full time at a job I hated.
The Mount had always been such a warm and welcoming place. From the day I walked through the front doors to take my placement tests, to the day I walked out with my AA. Every interaction I have with students and faculty puts a smile on my face that is as genuine as it gets.
I’d like to give special thanks to the professors and faculty that have left a mark on me during my time here.
Professor Sue Blake always smiles and tells me hello when I see her in the hallway, she wrote me recommendations for scholarship awards, of which I received two.
I got to know her during the fall of 2017 in Modern Drama and through completing an honors program component for the class.
Professor Tom Montagno, whom I had for Biology 109, who opened up my mind to ideas that I hadn’t considered.
That class is what made me firmly decide to major in Biology when I transfer, and what made me apply to WPI for Biomedical Engineering.
Professor Sheila Murphy, who has always been in my corner and rooting for me. Her words of encouragement always reassured me, even just as simple as writing at the top of one of my weaker homework assignments “Your class average is a 96.5 still :)”
Professor Sue Goldstein, my mentor and advisor of The Mount Observer. Hers was the first face I saw in a class at The Mount, English 101 at eight in the morning. I still remember her invitation to take Journalism at the end of my first semester, and I will never regret taking that class.
The Mount Observer had sharpened my writing skills, taught me basic graphic design skills, opened the door for leadership positions in the future and taught me how to be a good leader. None of this would have happened if I hadn’t chose Sue’s English 101 class on a whim.
Todd Bennett, transfer counselor extraordinaire for TRiO’s Visions and RX programs. Todd was also one of the first people I met at MWCC, and he helped me correct my FAFSA application before classes began in the Fall of 2016. He sat down with my mother and I and talked us through the process, because God knows my mother and I were clueless about this stuff (Neither of my parents completed college and I am a first generation student).
Todd and Visions kept me afloat and guided me through my first years of college.
Every professor I had during my time here changed me, and it was more than just the classes, it was the people themselves that made each class so impactful.
Every professor cares so deeply for their students and want to see them succeed and flourish, and that is an experience that separates MWCC for other community colleges.
The simplest of encounters here have pushed me forward and encouraged me to not give up. MWCC is such a special place to go.
Some of those encounters are simply someone holding the door open for you, or letting you pull out of the parking lot when construction is making everything confusing.
Everyone is filled with kindness and genuinely care about one another and wants to see everyone succeed.
Thanks to you, MWCC, I now have my Associate’s degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences and will go on to major in biology, and someday I plan on saving the world.
I started near, and MWCC has given me the confidence and knowledge to go as far as I can imagine.
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