This academic year has tested me in more ways than one. I’ve been very sick — the kind of sick that doesn’t just slow you down but demands you stop entirely. But I didn’t. Because the work — especially the work that supports students — doesn’t stop.
 
Despite the challenges, I continued mentoring and guiding students in my courses including MCOM 220, helping them produce real-world content that serves our campus community.
 
An example: Students in the MCOM 220 course helped the Theatre Program with documenting a statewide conference (SCTA) — creating materials that made a meaningful impact including this piece below.
 
Much of this labor happens behind the scenes. The planning. The editing. The late-night emails and early-morning check-ins. The quiet hours spent making sure our students get not just an education, but an experience.
 
Illness may have slowed my body, but it never broke my commitment. Students still learned. Content was still produced. I kept moving—quietly, but never idly.