The Commons Spring 2018: Graduation Edition | Page 8

NEW SAINT ANDREWS COLLEGE
2018 GRADUATES
JOSEPHINA ALEX
FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: The herpetology field trip.
PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: Winemaking in California.
MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: It’s worth it.
CHARLES CARMAN
FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: Reading room.
PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: Won’t be able to
say until closer to the time of graduation.
MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: Philosophy is the handmaid of theology.
RENDEL PAUL CAROLINO
FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: Dr. Edwards missed seeing my attached
paper on the morning he asked for it, so I woke up to his e-mail
with just these fearsome words: “Ren, what has happened?”
PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: I’d like to foster an
education and community like NSA in Japan.
MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: Christ’s lordship over all things makes a
potent, wise, dangerous, grateful, and singing culture anywhere, even in Moscow.
LAURA DEACON
8 THE COMMONS
FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: Definitely has to be the marine biology field trip!
PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: Waiting for visas
to clear so I can work for a local startup.
MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: Learning to balance
different, equally-important commitments.