{"id":481572,"date":"2021-05-18T15:53:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T19:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=481572"},"modified":"2021-05-19T13:03:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T17:03:40","slug":"colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/","title":{"rendered":"Members of the College Class of 2021 reflect on four eventful years at the University"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"width: 85%; font-weight: bold; line-height: 135%; margin-bottom: 0.5em;\">As they prepare to graduate with members of the College\u2019s Class of 2021, students say they\u2019re well prepared for the future.<\/h2>\n<p>Eden Thomas \u201921 lives 25 miles from the River Campus, in Manchester, New York. Marc Haddad \u201921 grew up 5,600 miles away, in Beirut, Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>As both prepare to graduate, they say their experiences at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/\">University of Rochester<\/a> have prepared them well for the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe University has changed me in ways I can\u2019t describe,\u201d says Thomas, who majored in business and philosophy. \u201cIt has made me smarter and wiser, and it has shown me so many different sides of the world and introduced me to so many different cultures and experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width:50%\">\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"903\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l93Y6ukejXU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" alt=\"college's class of 2021 discuss four years of University in video\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.1em\"><strong>MAKING A MARK<\/strong>: Members of the graduating College\u2019s Class of 2021 reflect on the years from the fall of 2017 to the spring of 2021 at the University, how they\u2019ve grown while on campus, and what the next chapter holds for them. (University of Rochester video \/ Matthew Mann)<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width:50%\">\n<p>Those experiences came in and out of the classroom. Thomas was active as a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/sa\/\">Students\u2019 Association<\/a> government and the <a href=\"https:\/\/ccc.rochester.edu\/2021\/home\/\">2021 Class Council<\/a>, and as a residential advisor. Haddad, a mechanical engineering major, served this year as SA vice president and also was mechanical team lead for the University\u2019s chapter of the nonprofit <a href=\"https:\/\/ccc.rochester.edu\/ewh\/home\/\">Engineering World Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRochester was my first experience outside of Lebanon,\u201d Haddad says. \u201cThe international student population was what really pushed me to be here. Having never left home, I wanted to be surrounded by a community that would understand that. And I\u2019m such a different person than I was four years ago. Every department I\u2019ve been involved in feels like a family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As graduation nears, Thomas, Haddad, and other members of the College\u2019s Class of 2021 reflect on their time in Rochester, and their goals and dreams after they leave the River Campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As they prepare to graduate with the College\u2019s Class of 2021, students from near and far say they\u2019re well prepared for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":672,"featured_media":481722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4536,37592,23312,21482,14,18632,16072,35332],"class_list":["post-481572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","tag-commencement","tag-covid-19","tag-department-of-mechanical-engineering","tag-department-of-philosophy","tag-events","tag-hajim-school-of-engineering-and-applied-sciences","tag-school-of-arts-and-sciences","tag-the-college"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>College&#039;s Class of 2021 reflect on four eventful years at the University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"College&#039;s Class of 2021 at the University of Rochester say say they\u2019re well prepared for the future as they graduate this spring.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"College&#039;s Class of 2021 reflect on four eventful years at the University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"College&#039;s Class of 2021 at the University of Rochester say say they\u2019re well prepared for the future as they graduate this spring.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-18T19:53:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-05-19T17:03:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021_commencement-rochester-graduate-video-still.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim Mandelaro\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim Mandelaro\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jim Mandelaro\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/35537746af700f24d7e52e350d95b124\"},\"headline\":\"Members of the College Class of 2021 reflect on four eventful years at the University\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-18T19:53:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-19T17:03:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":323,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/2021_commencement-rochester-graduate-video-still.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"commencement\",\"COVID-19\",\"Department of Mechanical Engineering\",\"Department of Philosophy\",\"events\",\"Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences\",\"School of Arts and Sciences\",\"the college\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Campus &amp; Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\\\/\",\"name\":\"College's Class of 2021 reflect on four eventful years at the University\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/2021_commencement-rochester-graduate-video-still.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-18T19:53:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-19T17:03:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/35537746af700f24d7e52e350d95b124\"},\"description\":\"College's Class of 2021 at the University of Rochester say say they\u2019re well prepared for the future as they graduate this spring.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/2021_commencement-rochester-graduate-video-still.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/2021_commencement-rochester-graduate-video-still.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"college's class of 2021 video memories\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Members of the College Class of 2021 reflect on four eventful years at the University\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/\",\"name\":\"News Center\",\"description\":\"University of Rochester\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/35537746af700f24d7e52e350d95b124\",\"name\":\"Jim Mandelaro\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/author\\\/jmandelaro\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"College's Class of 2021 reflect on four eventful years at the University","description":"College's Class of 2021 at the University of Rochester say say they\u2019re well prepared for the future as they graduate this spring.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"College's Class of 2021 reflect on four eventful years at the University","og_description":"College's Class of 2021 at the University of Rochester say say they\u2019re well prepared for the future as they graduate this spring.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/","og_site_name":"News Center","article_published_time":"2021-05-18T19:53:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-05-19T17:03:40+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021_commencement-rochester-graduate-video-still.jpg","width":1000,"height":600,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jim Mandelaro","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jim Mandelaro","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/"},"author":{"name":"Jim Mandelaro","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/#\/schema\/person\/35537746af700f24d7e52e350d95b124"},"headline":"Members of the College Class of 2021 reflect on four eventful years at the University","datePublished":"2021-05-18T19:53:57+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-19T17:03:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/"},"wordCount":323,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021_commencement-rochester-graduate-video-still.jpg","keywords":["commencement","COVID-19","Department of Mechanical Engineering","Department of Philosophy","events","Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences","School of Arts and Sciences","the college"],"articleSection":["Campus &amp; Community"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/","name":"College's Class of 2021 reflect on four eventful years at the University","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021_commencement-rochester-graduate-video-still.jpg","datePublished":"2021-05-18T19:53:57+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-19T17:03:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/#\/schema\/person\/35537746af700f24d7e52e350d95b124"},"description":"College's Class of 2021 at the University of Rochester say say they\u2019re well prepared for the future as they graduate this spring.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021_commencement-rochester-graduate-video-still.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021_commencement-rochester-graduate-video-still.jpg","width":1000,"height":600,"caption":"college's class of 2021 video memories"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/colleges-class-of-2021-reflect-on-four-eventful-years-at-rochester-481572\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Members of the College Class of 2021 reflect on four eventful years at the University"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/","name":"News Center","description":"University of Rochester","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/#\/schema\/person\/35537746af700f24d7e52e350d95b124","name":"Jim Mandelaro","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/author\/jmandelaro\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/672"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481572"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":481772,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481572\/revisions\/481772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}