Sam Evans, dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences While the current job market can be a little scary for graduating seniors, it’s important to have a positive outlook, Evans said. “Know who you are as an individual,” he said. Graduates should keep both their personal and professional goals in mind, Evans said.

Seniors at graduation are at the peak of their educational career. They wait, beaming in all their pride and glory for the hard studying and grueling test-taking they have endured.

They long for the moment their is name called to walk in front of hundreds and receive their diploma-then an ecstatic relative blows an air horn and other students can’t hear their name being announced.

Registrar Freida Eggleton answered some frequently asked questions for graduating seniors. Q: Do students need tickets for their guests at graduation? She said that’s probably the most frequently asked question she gets. The ceremonies are open to the public and there isn’t a restriction on the number of guests who can attend, Eggleton said.

The Herald asked Western graduates to write how they feel as they prepare to leave the Hill for the real world.