Welcome first-years and hello again to our returning students! For the sake of my Layout Editor, Eiliyah’s, peace, I am going to keep this Stute Summer RECAP under 500 words. Wish me luck!
Commencement 2025
A few Stute volunteers and I handed out our Graduation Issue during commencement. I was only there for four hours, and I spent most of it trying to find where the newspapers were located. All 1,000 were squished in the bookstore tent and were relocated to the IT Stand, where I could pass them out with ponchos. It was pouring rain, and I was impressed with how many parents sought us out to see their child’s name in the newspaper. I do not know if the paper survived the torrential downpour, but I have hope.
Alumni Weekend 2025
I loved attending Alumni Weekend for the first time. During our event, it was lovely to hear about how our organization has changed significantly over the years. Our Alumni do not get as much attention as they should! I plan on hosting events and inviting them back sporadically throughout the year, so look out for that!
New Monitors?!?!?
Alumni Weekend connected us with Dennis Stewart, class of 2016, and he graciously donated us enough money to be put towards new monitors. These new monitors will be perfect for layout and make mine and Eiliyah’s lives a million times easier. Thank you, Dennis! We are so grateful and hope to see you at those future alumni events!
Stute Weekend
I loved meeting all of our stute weekenders! We had a few changes to the schedule this year, from having Dean Nilsen come speak to us to visiting The Vessel and The Highline on the same night, to having a puzzle-making presentation. It was a jam-packed weekend, but our weekenders took it like champs! They had enough energy to hang out in the lounges afterwards till 1 a.m., and it warmed my heart to see. The Stute family keeps growing, and I cannot stop myself from shedding a happy tear at the thought.
Flock Party/First GBM
We had a crazy number of people show up to Flock Party! Everyone was so passionate about the newspaper and ready to either start writing, copyediting, doing layout, or photographing. We had 70 new people join our Slack, and some have already begun working on the next issue. We also had about 20 people show up to a layout and learn session in our office! These numbers are significantly higher than anything we have ever dealt with. I have never been happier to take all these first-years under our wing.
This marks the end of my little recap. Sorry to be cheesy, but I would like to thank everyone who has shown interest in The Stute these past two weeks. My goal when I became Editor in Chief was to showcase the true spirit and family The Stute holds. To see my main goal exceed my expectations has me out of breath. We may be a newspaper, but I promise you there is so much more to it. Thank you to everyone who noticed that and wants to be a part of it. With that, I end in 548 words, not too bad if I say so myself.
