On Wednesday, June 6, 2018, the Wisdom, Compassion, and Longevity: Symposium of the UC San Diego Center for Healthy Aging took place. Based on the title of the event, the theme for this year’s symposium was on the advantages of growing old. My classmates and I came to the event to represent the Life Course Scholars (LCS) Program and our HAP and NAP findings. By the time I arrived, my classmates and professors had already set up the posters outside of the Medical Education and Telemedicine (MET) Building, located in the UCSD School of Medicine. Overall, the posters looked beautiful. I can tell that we each put a lot of effort into making them appear professional, while at the same time, reflective of our hard work. My classmate, Jackie S., commented on the high level of interest that the attendees of the symposium showed towards our HAP and NAP findings. For instance, one of the attendees asked us if we had any paper size copies of each poster board to take home. Unfortunately, we did not have any copies, but Professor Bussell and Lewis agreed that this is something they will start doing next school year. Luckily, most of the attendees chose to take pictures of the poster boards, for their own personal reference.
Once the second symposium session was about to begin and the attendees began leaving, the professors gathered us together to take our very last pictures as a LCS cohort. I found this part of the event to be really sad, because that’s when I realized I will no longer be able to see my classmates again each Wednesday for class. Therefore, today not only represents the last day of class, but also the last day of the entire 2017-2018 Life Course Scholars Program. In essence, this means a few of us will be graduating this school year, whereas most of us will be finishing up our last few years at UC San Diego. Overall, I’m really grateful that I got the opportunity to truly get to know my classmates and professors. Hopefully, the professors decide to create an LCS alumni event in the near future, so we can all see each other again, and laugh at the good times we’ve had together while in the LCS Program. Until next time!
-Stephanie Dorado-Ponce (2017-2018, Life Course Scholar)
Once the second symposium session was about to begin and the attendees began leaving, the professors gathered us together to take our very last pictures as a LCS cohort. I found this part of the event to be really sad, because that’s when I realized I will no longer be able to see my classmates again each Wednesday for class. Therefore, today not only represents the last day of class, but also the last day of the entire 2017-2018 Life Course Scholars Program. In essence, this means a few of us will be graduating this school year, whereas most of us will be finishing up our last few years at UC San Diego. Overall, I’m really grateful that I got the opportunity to truly get to know my classmates and professors. Hopefully, the professors decide to create an LCS alumni event in the near future, so we can all see each other again, and laugh at the good times we’ve had together while in the LCS Program. Until next time!
-Stephanie Dorado-Ponce (2017-2018, Life Course Scholar)