As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. The Graduate Student Welcome Nights concluded with a final message titled “This is Our Story: About Truth.” In it, Chul Kim pointed to the ongoing uneasiness we feel as go through life knowing our days are numbered, yet there is something in us that longs for eternity. A message worth pondering, no doubt. If you missed it or want a second listen, click here.
Following a performance of Jadon Lavik’s song “Searching” by our very own praise band, we headed out to the City by the Bay, San Francisco, for a night of sight-seeing and, of course, yummy sweets at Ghirardelli Square! Those of us who were daring enough took on the famous “Earthquake” with the help of many friends. It was a packed evening, to say the least.
We’re so thankful for all the graduate students who joined us for the welcome nights! Hopefully as the semester progresses and school gets into high gear, we’ll still continue to have moments like these!
Wow, it seems like Grad Student Welcome Nights happened months ago, but in fact it was only 3 weeks that GSWN #2 happened. It was a packed house at the YWCA as we enjoyed a delicious Korean BBQ dinner to start off. The highlight of the night was an intriguing skit entitled “Life,” in which the main characters attempted to understand the meaning of an abstract painting with that title, only to discover at the end that all of their interpretations were incorrect. Watch the skit to see why.
This past Friday we had our first Graduate Student Welcome Night, and oh what a night it was! There were over 140 people in attendance and we had students from many countries including far east Japan, gregarious Germany, “Be the Reds” South Korea, the Pacific Ocean Philippines, valiant Vietnam, terrific Taiwan, and of course, the ever-so-populated country of China. It was nice to see so many grad students (and undergrads too!), many of whom had been in the U.S. for less than 1 month. 