(Photo courtesy Katie Servas)

By Gemard Guery – Editor-In-Chief and Editorial Editor

Jonathan Law graduate Katie Servas has just begun her college journey at the University of Connecticut-Stamford campus as a dual major student in both Journalism and Communications.

As a UConn-Stamford student for the semester, Servas has had to commute to campus four out of five times a week. She takes the train from New Haven to Stamford almost every day whilst handling a busy schedule that involves classes and writing for the University Place Magazine.

“On my busiest days of the week, (Tuesdays and Thursdays), I have English from 9 a.m. until 10:45,” Servas said. “Afterward, I join two of my friends at Winfield, a coffee shop two blocks away from the main campus building for brunch. I then walk to the main residence building for my Communications class at 12:30 p.m. in one of the lecture halls. To conclude my day, I walk back to the main campus building to attend my Political Science class at 2 p.m.,” said Servas.

With this transition to higher education, it has come with a lot of adjustments to Servas’ life. 

“Since graduation, I feel that I’ve grown into a more open-minded, self-starting, mature mindset,” Servas said. “I’ve had many eye-opening moments since starting college. What I’ve discovered is that you need to be a self-starter, professors aren’t going to constantly remind you of upcoming exams and assignment due dates.”

While college has been incredibly fun for Servas, she does miss some aspects of Law. She is appreciative for what she learned at Jonathan Law especially during her senior year.

“Those who know me would know that I was not planning on taking Humanities senior year,” Servas said. “Thankfully my friends pressured me into it and it was one of the best classes I ever took. The structure of that class is very similar to my current English class and the style of essays we’ve been tasked with writing are almost identical to the papers I wrote in Humanities; not to mention there are many people I’ve met at UConn who have no experience writing longer essays or research style papers.”