Community
I stopped by Scholastica today to go to the bookstore to see which books I will need for my classes this semester. What I thought would be a quick errand turned into an over an hour long trip because I kept running into friends and had to stop and catch up. I have had to visit Scholastica a few times this summer to take care of internship and schedule issues, and each time I always find someone to say ‘Hey’ to. This is one of the things I love most about Scholastica. I love that it is a small campus so pretty much everyone knows each other. I can’t step into Scholastica without seeing someone I know, even during the Summer! This sense of community was something that was explained to me at orientation before my Freshman year. I was a little worried and didn’t think that it could be true for me, being a commuter student living off campus. I was worried that I wouldn’t get to know as many people since I wasn’t living in the dorms and that I wouldn’t make such close friends. I definitely had no need to worry about this. With small class sizes and a small campus you meet a lot of people just by going to class and spending the breaks between classes at school. St. Scholastica is a close knit community that I am glad I can be a part of, even as a commuter student.
