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I still miss dorm life. [Laughs]

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I loved being around a group. I think there were around nine hundred students in Sullivan,

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with the dining hall right across a little park area.

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To be able to constantly be meeting new people through friends

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to have different groups of friends

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that you could go out to eat with, go do something with,

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study with, if that's what you do at school,

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I loved the community that's built,

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and I really especially liked being in the Scholars Village

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because you were also part of the University Scholars program, which

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which is an enrichment academic program at State that

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For three years I led a lot of these trips,

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but you would go to plays and museums and art exhibits.

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I went to New York. They have trips to Europe.

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You take what you learn in college and you apply it to the world,

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and think about how your education can be applied in many different aspects.

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And as you're living that embodiment of your education

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you're doing it with these other people and you're also living with those people

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so you get to talk about it over dinner.

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You get to hang out in each other's dorm rooms forever and have great conversations.

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So the community aspect of dormitory life,

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and especially the scholars' village and villages like it on campus,

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I think is an incredible part of the college experience.