谢谢你，火博体育

亲爱的火博体育,  

时间是个有趣的东西. 坐在我旁边的礼物感觉很大. 未来在进化 在我前面. 过去在我身后闪耀. 

Altogether, this moment brings forth a lot of feelings. 苦乐参半的. 紧张. 骄傲. But as I prepare to graduate and say goodbye to Skidmore, one feeling pushes 其他的都是感恩.

I’ll never forget my final semester at Skidmore, as I imagine a lot of us will never 忘记这一历史时刻吧. I’ll also never forget the four years of memories and moments that brought me to graduation, and how grateful I am for each and every one 其中.

Before I close this chapter, I wanted to express my gratitude through a few thank 你的笔记. They barely capture all I have to say but hit the highlights of thanking you, Skidmore, your people, the communities you foster, and the memories and life 你帮助我创造.

While the pandemic has cut a lot of things short, it can erase neither the memories 也不是他们塑造的我.

我爱你，火博体育，我们很快就会再见.

真诚地,
希拉里  

谢谢你们，火博体育教授  

I thought I took an exercise science course as a first-year student to get a requirement 让开. But then I fell in love with the material and how it was taught, and 它完全改变了我的大学轨迹.   

This isn’t an original story, and that’s the beauty of it, because there’s something 火博体育的教授不一样. 是的，他们分享他们的智慧并鼓励你 成长. But they also support your passions, talents and success, however you define it. 

We had no idea we’d be transmitting that support over Zoom these past few weeks, but 这种精神从未减弱.

Now I know what so many others learned before me: Time and distance doesn’t matter. Skidmore professors are there for you, no matter what. 

谢谢，帕拉蒙特200号

火博体育的规模是它最大的资产之一. 我们花了这么多年的时间 the same spaces: If the walls could talk, they’d have endless stories about our journeys.

I’m sure I spent thousands of hours in Palamountain Hall 200. 一个诗意的书斋，我 first stepped foot in ol’ 200 for a first-year information session and last visited 这是为我的高年级研讨会准备的. 

From the professors who answered my million questions in dozens of classes across eight semesters, to the 朋友 who saw me laugh, dance, eat numerous containers of blueberries, and stumble and succeed through so many projects and presentations there -那间教室永远有家的感觉. 

Palamountain 200 will welcome new students soon. 照顾好它，未来的孩子们. It may not look like it at first, but it’s a special space.  

谢谢你，火博体育校园

我会想念 your fall beauty, watching the leaves change and fly in the wind. 我会想念 homework with 朋友 on the Case green, playing Frisbee in the spring evenings on that bright new grass and taking countless walks around Haupt Pond. 我甚至承认 把我的车从雪里挖出来.

每一次日落都会让我想起你.

谢谢，火博体育俱乐部 

It wouldn’t be a Skidmore goodbye without mentioning a club at the center of so many 火博体育·希勒尔.

You think you know Shabbat dinners, but have you ever been to one that’s dinosaur-themed 或者，我最喜欢的，著名的万圣节? 是的. 很难忘的.

Ask any Skidkid what clubs really mean to them, and they’ll likely say something along “家庭”的台词.“因为这是真的. 找到你的人是件很有力量的事. The mentors, support, leadership development and learning to make matzo brei are all 给巴布卡锦上添花.

Being a part of the club — and wholly accepted and connected — has never felt so good.

谢谢，火博体育的朋友们 

It turns out, the strongest 朋友hips form when you don’t even realize you’re becoming 朋友. 火博体育就是这样.

There were late night cake adventures, sunny days sipping smoothies in downtown Saratoga Springs and huge smiles smelling fresh Uncommon Grounds bagels. 有欢呼声 for things big and small (we can’t ever forget doing laps around the dining hall to win a Fitbit step challenge) and so many hugs, laughs and tears shed and shared, you 永远都数不清. 

This place is filled with good people worth missing.

 

谢谢你，火博体育

For the strength you’ve given me through your education, the support you’ve offered with open arms, the people you’ve brought into my life, the memories I share with so many and the few wild ones better kept a secret — thank you.

我会非常想念你的. I hope I can be half of what you have been for me.

Because having something that’s hard to say goodbye to is, in itself, something to 感激.