Another year is coming to an end here at Redeemer University College. You can always tell, because the library is packed full with students studying for final exams, final preparations are being made for food plan money-spending and devotions during exams, and campus life is on fire, with the last Hot Spot, Coffee House and Church-in-the-Box taking place. It’s a good feeling – having accomplished one more year of school, and having matured to great lengths over the past year (at least for some students).I thought I would take some time to reflect on what has happened this year at Redeemer. It’s amazing when you really think about it, because the year flies by so fast, and you forget the majority of the great things that happened. My dorm and I reflected on our dorm-life experience this past week by drawing pictures and writing words that came to mind of fun things that we had done over the year, memories that we had, and friends we had made. It was a great opportunity to remember all of the things people said that were absolutely hilarious, the memories behind the quotes on our quote board, and the memories we shared from the Olympics, from school activities and from our girls nights in and outside of the dorm.
I look back on this year and am reminded of Redeemer’s generosity. My friend Catriona and I began a club at Redeemer this year, thinking that it would be great if we could raise a couple hundred dollars to send to Invisible Children, an organization seeking to end the war between the LRA and Acholi people of Uganda. We had no idea that Redeemer would latch on to this cause, and contribute so much! We only ran two events this year, a book drive and a clothing drive and both were far more successful than we had ever thought possible. We are looking forward to next year, to coming up with new ideas and new ways of using Redeemer’s strengths to help others.
I also remember the aspects of Redeemer that are specific to this campus, like Church-in-a-Box, Wednesday chapels, the relationships between faculty and students, the students themselves, etc. I may sound biased, but I firmly believe that Redeemer is a place that every student should have the opportunity to experience. Not only do we reflect on what has happened this year, but we can take what we have learned and look forward to starting up again in September.
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