I just attended the very last class for my Bachelor's degree!

[ChoralScholar]

Celebrate with me!!!!!!

6 hard years have finally come to fruition. Even better, looks like I am graduating cum laude!

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. WOW! that is a great feeling.

Especially when it is not easy to do.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. YEEEEE HAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations!! And extra congrats on the cum laude - fantastic!!

This is at Bob Jones University, because you love your country, right, and wouldn't go to some secualr or state-run liberal Satan-run institution?

[ChoralScholar]

4. Nope.

Arkansas Tech University - Russellville, AR. I did have a piano teacher that graduated with all three degrees from Bob Jones. Very strange individual. As if having three music degrees didn't make you strange enough...

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Thank God!

What's your degree? Tech university, it must be cool! Mine is in electrical engineering. Welcome to the club!

[ChoralScholar]

9. Bachelor of Music Education

in Choral Music. For some reason ATU has one of the best education departments around, I've been really fortunate.

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Excellent!!

Maybe you can perform some of my choral music sometime. :-)

And congrats again! Will you be going on for a masters? Looking to teach high school choir?

Tell us more!

[ChoralScholar]

11. University of Central Arkansas,

where I completed the first 4 years of my degree, has a 3-summer master's program. So I intend to start my Master of Music Education there this summer, and take a middle school or high school choral job this fall. By the time I begin my third year of teaching, I should have my MME completed. Beyond that, after I put in some time at the high school level, then I intend to complete a PhD at Northwestern. That's the plan anyway.

EDIT: Clarity

[Rabrrrrrr]

14. Well good luck!

Sounds like an impressive plan. And after the ph.D., then off to teaching university? Maybe take Flummerfeld's job?

[alexwcovington]

3. WOOOOOOOOOOT

Kudos to you-dos.

[roguevalley]

6. BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am proud of you! Consider yourself hugged.

RV, BS, MA, RSVP :-D

[cally]

7. Wow! Many congrats!!

I still remember walking home from my last final. It was a very weird experience. I mourned the loss of my classes and yet I was so happy that I was done. Congrats!! Please just go off and celebrate adn leave the future to tomorrow. :toast:

[Insider]

8. congratulations

excellent news! enjoy the moment, and thanks for bringing it.

:thumbsup:

[BlackVelvetElvis]

12. I'll have a drink to that!

Congrats!

[Catshrink]

13. Congratulations!

I'll bet you feel on top of the world, as well you should. What a great accomplishment.

So, who's your favorite choral composer? I love Vaughan Williams and Britten, and of course Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach.

[Wapsie B]

15. A toast to ChoralScholar!!

Congrats.

:toast: :toast: :toast: