Congratulations on Your Spring Semester

May 1, 2025

Dear students,

The final days of the spring semester are here, and as you well know, Exam Week is right around the corner. Now and in the week ahead, be sure to take care of yourself. Get plenty of rest and pace yourself. Make time to get out into the bright sunshine and fresh air. It’ll make you a more focused student when you return to paper writing or exam prep.

Once the semester is over, as you think back on your semester, I encourage you to celebrate the areas in which you challenged yourself, where you grew as a learner or as an individual, and how you overcame the trials that initially seemed impossible. Focus on your growth rather than fixate on achieving perfection. Individuals who are considered “the best of the best” are rarely, if ever, perfect. Instead, they dare to make mistakes, and they know how to learn from their errors. The poet and author James Joyce once said that mistakes were “the portals of discovery,” so I hope that you will use your own mistakes as learning opportunities.

To those of you graduating at the end of this semester, congratulations. I look forward to seeing you at our Commencement exercises. If you are returning for another semester, well done on completing your Spring 2025 term. 

I wish you the best during Exam Week, and enjoy your summer.

Sincerely,

Laura Blomberg, PhD
President