By Wayne Jurgeleit | Assistant Editor
Anne Frank said, “It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.” Given the turbulent and tense political atmosphere, and the uncertainty we are facing as a Community College, MWCC weighs in on the question “Can you tell me something that happened here at the Mount that has given you hope for the future?”
Isabelle Ozomaka, a 16-year-old dual enrollment student in her second semester, said, “My advisor reminded me, when I was unsure about my future, that we have time to figure out what we want to do.”
Justina Johnson, a 2024 MWCC graduate in Business Administration and now Task Manager/Peer Mentor extraordinaire at the Brewer Center responded, “[Working] the InvolveMount Fair. It was nice to see students wanting to get involved.”
Director of Student Life, and well-known cool event planner around here, Kathy Matson, wrapping up the Survey Game Show, answered, “Seeing people that didn’t really know each other connect. It was fun seeing that.”
Elissa Brown, from Stow and currently undeclared major-wise, was grateful for all the help offered at MWCC. “There are tons of student resources available here. Food for Thought, the Career Center, the tutors at the library have been fantastic.”
Gary Brayboy, a Graphic Arts student and Peer Mentor added, “I like the fact that they have opportunities for leadership positions and other opportunities to give back to the Mount community.”
Cadyn Glynn, a young Interdisciplinary Studies student from Devens recalled, “I had a philosophy class which made me feel that we don’t really need to know everything. And that’s OK. We don’t always have answers.”
Ixchel Thibault-Munoz, President of the ALANA Club, dual enrollment student and generational activist, expressed admiration for her kind of famous parents. “It’s inspiring to see my parents trying, in spite of everything seeming to go in the other direction. [They] still work hard for things that matter.”
Art Wing Studio Assistant and MWCC alum Kevin Oxford was grateful. “The art community is like a small, happy family. And Creativity makes a more positive world.”
Casey Thompson, another dual enrollment student from Leominster, expressed a cosmic awestruck-ness when, because he had been studying Desirata, could literally quote, “You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees or the stars, you have a right to be here.” Wow.
One thing that all these expressions of inspiration and hope, from more commonplace to indeed profound, is that they were contagious. Contemplating Hope at all makes it easy to see that it is always available. As Elie Wiesel put it, “Hope is a gift only we can give one another.” In all things it is better to hope than to despair.
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