Excited to have been officially welcomed via the "UCD scarf ceremony" today by the university's President! Discovered a pretty neat school motto we have here. Ad astra is latin for "to the stars" which stands for the importance put on personal excellence, going above and beyond as a student, and pushing yourself to be the best you can be. I find this enthralling due to the importance I put on personal excellence in my own life (and now I have the perfect phrase to go with it)!
Got to spend a lot of time with fellow Boilermakers today, and I'm excited to be able to share the experience with those who share a piece of home with me. It's continuing to be a week of adjustments and learning aspects of going to a new school with the other international students (like we are freshman all over again!), but I am looking forward to a great semester and finally being able to meet more Irish students in my classes starting next week.
Ready to push myself this semester to embrace each and every opportunity presented.
Got to spend a lot of time with fellow Boilermakers today, and I'm excited to be able to share the experience with those who share a piece of home with me. It's continuing to be a week of adjustments and learning aspects of going to a new school with the other international students (like we are freshman all over again!), but I am looking forward to a great semester and finally being able to meet more Irish students in my classes starting next week.
Ready to push myself this semester to embrace each and every opportunity presented.