By Sophia Sewpersad

This year has been a year of change, to say the slightest. Looking back, The Delphian has been the part of my academic journey that has been a place of creativity and growth. Managing the features section with Kyle, and handling the shift to a revamped version of our social media page was a challenge at first (change isn’t always the easiest), but growing with a team of amazing people allowed me to get more involved in the creative aspect and helped me develop a love of Canva I didn’t know I could possess, truly.

Being a part of The Delphian’s e-board has allowed me to get a better glimpse of what it takes to build a newspaper – the late nights, the back and forth of editing and figuring out what picture is best for a published article’s layout. Going through this experience and getting the physical copies of print made me respect the process so much more than I did before, and I hope that the future editorial staff go in with as much respect and care for the development process as we have this year.

Where to next? I’ll be joining the next cohort of graduate business students right here at Adelphi for the Accelerated MBA program, and then after that (hopefully) heading into law school! Being part of the editorial process and working with the rest of the e-board truly solidified my decision to stay in the arts and humanities, assisting to protect the work of writers, readers and creators in their respective fields. If it isn’t obvious from before, my admiration for the creative process has grown and I want to continue being part of it for as long as I can in any form, especially when it comes to publishing and getting work out into the world.

With graduation approaching in a little less than 15 days from this publication, it feels bittersweet to step into the true home stretch of my undergraduate years. From the assignments to the research projects and my senior thesis project in the Honors College, it doesn’t feel real that I can’t come back in the fall and continue as is. But as someone who has had the late night crashouts and the inevitable questioning of her career path, I can safely tell you that it’s okay to follow your heart and make those big decisions. It’s so much more worth it when everything pays off than if you made a choice you wouldn’t be happy with.

Special thank you to The Delphian’s e-board – Arpan, Troy, Kyle and Gabby – and of course our amazing advisor Professor Valenza for driving all of the publications this year and getting the stories of Adelphi out for the campus to read. More thanks to my faculty advisors and professors from the English and business departments as well as the Honors College faculty for encouraging me on this pathway of my academic life here at Adelphi! All the best for the future writers of The Delphian!