When I\u2019m asked, \u201cWhy did you choose CBU?\u201d I automatically give this reply: the family culture!<\/p>\n
In high school, I attended an itty-bitty private school where my classmates and teachers were all considered family in my eyes. This atmosphere helped me to grow as a student and woman of God, but also nourished my education to its full potential. So, when I decided to look at colleges, this family-culture was exactly<\/em> what I hoped to find.<\/p>\n I feel this culture surrounding CBU every day \u2013 through my professors\u2019 drive to connect with us, the events that bring us together, the closeness of each individual department, the investment of roommates into each others\u2019 lives\u2026 But this week I\u2019ve especially been immersed in the potency of this culture, because \u2026 drum roll please \u2026 this week, I got engaged! Ah!<\/p>\n See, as a student, your life is so consumed with schoolwork, jobs, and balancing what little time you have left between your flaking social life and sleep deprivation, that even a big step as exciting as this one requires support.\u00a0 Today, both of us felt that support radiating from every direction. My professors each congratulated us individually, my boss wished us the best, and our classmates were overjoyed. The family culture was so evident today that I am still feeling a little overwhelmed with emotion.<\/p>\n While this incident certainly stands out in my mind, CBU has proven a beautiful family culture in so many other ways \u2013 the way professors pray over their students;\u00a0 the way classmates check in on one another; the way the Crazies seem to scream with a ridiculous yet harmonious noise. Due to this truth, I\u2019ve never once doubted my decision to come here. I\u2019ve found my home away from home, and couldn\u2019t be happier with the people I am blessed to share it with every single day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When I\u2019m asked, \u201cWhy did you choose CBU?\u201d I automatically give this reply: the family culture! In high school, I attended an itty-bitty private school where my classmates and teachers were all considered family in my eyes. This atmosphere helped me to grow as a student and woman of God, but also nourished my education […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natalie-shadle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":932,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions\/932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}