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EC student body president
"Welcome to a place that has touched my life in a unique, uncommon, and enduring way - Eureka College.
As a senior and leader of student government, my experiences in the last three years on campus have taught me volumes about the world and about myself. Now those years of experience have given me an opportunity to reflect on what has made my education, and my college, so special.
Eureka College promises a liberal arts education, and that's what I've gained--a broad, informed; perspective that sets in context my role in the world and the contributions I can make to it. During my time here, I have enjoyed an unparalleled breadth and depth to my classroom experiences, which have included; traveling history trips, special topics seminars, and guest lectures. I've gained immeasurably from our uniquely supportive student-faculty and peer environments. Perhaps most important to my personal and educational development, I have seized unique opportunities to lead in service to my college and community.
I will emerge from this place an empowered individual who can exercise control over my circumstances and lead the life I am called to lead. I will have gotten there by learning through doing. At Eureka College, it’s not so much about the specific math problem or the specific novel or the specific social theory that you study. Instead it’s about the self discipline you exercise to reach an answer, the class discussions that open your mind to new worlds of thought and inquiry, and the class work that affords you the opportunity to find out where your passions lie.
If my college has taught me anything, it has been that my personal learning process will never be complete. I will always be doing, seeing, experiencing… and learning. It is a journey, of sorts; one that began for me at Eureka College and one that I am excited to continue. Wherever you find yourself on that journey of lifetime learning, I hope you look to the future, seize the moment, and most of all, treasure every step."
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Matthew Cahill is a senior Reagan Fellow who is serving his fourth year on Student Government. |
