Audrey Huynh a graduating senior at the University of Oregon, poses for a picture in Lillis Hall. (Miles Cull/Emerald)
With graduation closing in at the University of Oregon, some soon to be alumni reflect on their past few years as students and what they hope the future holds for them.
Audrey Huynh is graduating with a degree in business. She said her favorite time in Eugene is during the spring, recalling memories of spending time at Dexter Reservoir and at the Associated Students of the University of Oregon street fair.
Huynh said she wished she was more involved with organizations on campus.
“I’m not super social so I never really found a club I felt like I fit into, and that’s something I think I would have done differently,” she said.
After graduation, Huynh said she’s planning to move home to Portland and help out with her family’s business.
“They’re immigrants and business owners,” Huynh said. “I’m going home and helping them [and] trying to get them retired before I get on with what I want to do.”
Huynh said she’s nervous to graduate because this will be her first time walking in a graduation, as her high school graduation was canceled due to COVID-19.
Miranda Stone is another graduating senior whose plans include going to law school and to eventually become a lawyer, which she said she’s feeling “fantastic and excited” about.
At UO, Stone was involved in the mock trial team. “I feel like I did everything I wanted to do. I did a bunch of stuff and made great friends. I also had a goal to get as many [graduation] cords as I could,” Stone said.
Graduating with a degree in advertising, Nick Barbero is feeling “happy for the most part and kind of scared.”
Along with a major in advertising, Barbero minored in sound engineering. Through this minor, he was able to gain hands-on experience in a music studio on campus and work with audio gear.
Barbero said his post-graduate plans include heading back home to Portland and saving money while living with his parents.
“I wish I utilized the school resources more whether that was through counseling or volunteer work,” Barbero said. “I definitely started to feel more like an Oregon Duck after I started to do those things.”
Congratulations to the class of 2024!
Miranda Stone (top right), a graduating senior at the University of Oregon, talks and studies with her friends in Lillis Hall. (Miles Cull/Emerald)
