A Final Sendoff: Ending My Senior Year with Seminar Day
While this past Tuesday April 28 was Class I’s last day of classes, filled with congratulations and reflective activities, the very next day, April 29, seniors came back together for the long awaited Seminar Day. The Public Issues Board organizes and produces this event every other year, bringing together speakers who may resonate with students’ interests and have impacted the local and global community. When looking through the list of speakers, I was torn between learning something new and gaining a deeper understanding of the subjects that I already cared about. From speeches about fashion to talks around AI, the selection this year—like all other years—was exceptional. In the end, I attended the session with Osaremen Okolo ‘13, former White House policy advisor and Harvard doctoral candidate who discussed her experience in public health, and then John Avlon ’91, a former CNN commentator who talked about American democracy.