When the Broncs are back

Throughout the past year, the ��ý�� community has kept so many simple wishes bottled up inside — their desires for what they want to do but can’t because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As vaccines begin to provide a light at the end of the tunnel and a hopeful path to a post-pandemic world, ��ý�� magazine asked the University community to finish the sentence “I can’t wait to...”

Here’s what they said.

“...eat my favorite meal from Daly Dining Hall.”

-Daryl Gregory
Sophomore popular music studies major

“...attend the basketball games with my friends.”

-Mike Powell
Freshman sports media major

“...be back at ��ý��, seeing my friends every day, walking to class, getting Starbucks beforehand and going to Crans for lunch.”

-Suzette Rodriguez
Sophomore finance major

“...send students to study abroad and welcome more international students to campus!”

-Meghan Korb ’17
Master’s of business communication student and graduate assistant for the Center for International Education

“...serendipitously cross paths with current and former students in hallways and on campus.”

-Dr. Bonnie Lehet
Assistant professor, Department of Graduate Education, Leadership, and Counseling

“...do a semester in Los Angeles my senior year.”

-Jenni Profera
Freshman theatre major

“...stand and walk around a classroom while I teach, and see more than just my students’ heads and torsos.”

-Dr. Cara DiYanni
Associate professor, Department of Psychology

“...experience that unforgettable moment of absolute unity when singing the Lutkin Benediction with my entire Westminster Choir College family.”

-Ally Jurgens
Junior music education major

“...have a picnic with friends on the Campus Mall.”

-Olivia Gillingham ’19
Master’s of business administration student

“...be back in the teaching labs with our students, providing them with the ‘high-touch’ faculty interactions that make our science programs so strong.

-Dr. James Riggs
Professor, Department of Biology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Health Sciences