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college graduation & traveling | life update vol. 6

June 4, 2019 No Comments

Hi there! The last month or so has been crazy busy. I graduated from college, moved out of my college home and I’m now preparing to go on a 24-day trip through Europe. This post will mainly be a photo update as I truly don’t have the time to write a sentimental goodbye to Lawrence yet…but I wanted to make a quick post before I go abroad.

Leaving KU

I made this video summing up my college career and my time as a Jayhawk. Below is the text I was going to have as a voiceover, but it didn’t flow with the music so I just wrote it out on its own but still wanted to share. KU is so very special to me and I’m sad to be leaving, but I know I’ll always have Lawrence to welcome me home.

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I’ve always known I was going to KU. My childhood was spent learning how to say Rock Chalk and go Jayhawks, and my Saturdays in fall were spent at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence – followed by Pyramid Pizza or a donut from Joe’s. I mostly read a book or played games instead of watching the football games, but I still soaked up every single tradition and very quickly became a passionate KU fan. I remember watching the 2008 national championship game in Allen Fieldhouse, then storming Mass Street after with my family at only ten years old. Waving the wheat, singing the alma mater, doing the rock chalk chant – these were all traditions I loved and knew from a young age. From my first official tour in junior year of high school, I knew immediately that the journalism school felt like home. I started school and dove in to getting involved, joining a sorority and meeting some of my best friends along the way.

I chose to major in strategic communications and loved it, but I found my real home working in athletics. My life came full circle when I started working for the football team in my second semester of sophomore year. Countless photos and graphics later, I’m so proud of the work I’ve done. When I came to the University of Kansas as a freshman, unsure of myself and a little scared, I didn’t know how much I would grow. KU has taught me how to be independent, how to fail and bounce back, and how to be confident in myself. I know I’m going to miss Lawrence so much, but I know I will always return home grateful for what I’ve learned. Thank you, KU – Rock Chalk.

College graduation

I graduated from KU with my major in strategic communications in the journalism school and a minor in sport management. Here are some of my favorite photos from that day!

Europe trip

I’m going on a trip with EF Ultimate Break this June! I never got the chance to study abroad so this is my college graduation trip and I’m so excited because Mexico is the furthest I’ve ever been out of the country. I’m visiting London, Amsterdam, Paris, the Swiss Alps, Venice, Florence, Rome, Barcelona and a few other stops along the way. I’ll be sharing photos on my Instagram throughout the trip, then I’m planning on having recaps of each city on my blog and making videos once I return. If you have any packing tips PLEASE share – I’m only bringing a carryon and a backpack and I’m struggling a little!

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Graduated with my best friends by my side and wouldn’t have had it any other way 🤩

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Thanks for reading and following along on my adventures!!

xo, Hannah

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Graduation Party: The Details

June 22, 2015 4 Comments

As promised, here’s my post with all the details from my graduation party. As we were planning this, we kept making the joke that it was either: A, going to look really cute, or B, look like Pinterest threw up on it. It kind of ended up being a combination of both but I absolutely loved it! If you haven’t already, don’t forget to read my first post about my party featured here.

(Warning: this is about to be a really photo-heavy post.)

Outside we glued these cardstock letters to paint stirrers, stuck them in the ground and added balloons. Having this outside was a huge plus…because I accidentally put the wrong address on the invitation. Oops. Outside on the deck, we had this mini display board of our senior pictures and a scrapbook that my mom had previously made of us after graduating middle school, along with one my mom made for my senior year. Here we had blank cards and envelopes for people to write letters for us for next year! Throughout our freshman years at college, our parents will mail these cards that people wrote to us. I can’t wait to see what everyone wrote and to look back on the memories! Making this probably took longer than necessary but it was worth it. The 2 is all of Madie’s photos, the 5 is photos of me, and the 0 and 1 are all childhood photos of us growing up! For food we decided to go the DIY route instead of buying things for the party. We had cream cheese rollups, veggie cups, fruit cups, small sandwiches, and chips in the large containers in the back.
My graduation party was an absolute blast. Thank you so much to everyone who came and who helped with this party!

Thanks for reading,

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You Are Bound To Fail

May 11, 2015 2 Comments

What proceeds is my speech I wrote for commencement, and while I wasn’t selected to speak, I still wanted to share what I wrote, because I believe it’s important for everyone to hear. With high school graduation in a week (no, it hasn’t hit me yet), I’m counting down the days and learning how to cherish the people around me just a little bit more.