Brooke Sellars

Sheesh … I can’t believe my undergraduate career is coming to an end.

It was just the other day when I entered NCCU, as a freshman from Fayetteville, with three of my best friends.

We were so stoked about coming to college.

I pictured life at NCCU like a scene from TV-sitcom “A Different World.” Life at NCCU was indeed a different world for me.

I remember that steamy July when my mother and I traveled to the verdant green for SOAR T.

There I first experienced of being an Eagle and I will forever bleed maroon and grey.

Through these four years, I have experienced many challenges and obstacles, but with God’s grace, my mother’s love, and encouragement from friends, I prevailed and I will be walking across that stage May 3.

Receiving my degree in mass communication is not the end of the book but the conclusion of one chapter in my life.

This was not a journey I endured alone.

First I thank Jesus.

My mother, who nourished me in all my 21 years of breathing deserves the highest recognition after God.

For my sisters, Jaime and Holly, I hope I set the example.

Follow my path but in your own unique way.

My best friend and roommate Amaryllis McRae, we’ve been through this struggle of life since ninth grade.

May ’09 is your time, and I will be the first to congratulate you at the finish line.

Crystal, Ashley, Jhiauna, Shemale and Yasmine, thanks for always listening in times when I most needed it.

Ray and Squish, always there to hold me down, thanks for being my big brothers.

My Goonies: Gabi, you’re going to be the best mommy ever! I love you and can’t wait until Aiden gets here.

Kesh: you’re remarkable and you have brought so much laughter to my life this semester, its bananas!

Chas: you are fabulousity!

Gee, you’re a freakin’ trendsetter. “I won’t!”

And Eric, you are the best to represent NCCU. Continue shine through.

My Campus Echo family, I will always love and cherish our memories.

DP and Dr. Carl, thanks for you wisdom and dedication.

Dr. Ware, Dr. Mathews, Dr. McKissick-Melton, Dr. Trevy McDonald, Kimberly Pierce, Mrs. Watson-Alexander, and Dr. Graham, thank you all for your wisdom and guidance.

Joanna, you’ve been like a big sister and mentor, you taught me so much in so little time.

Tyrell Fuller, you’ll always remain in our presence, just not in the physical. Watch over us. We love you, T.

To those I forgot, I love y’all!

The sweetest girl ever known is never saying goodbye but simply, “See ya lata, shortie.”