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JOIN US! June 16-22, 2024 at St. Mary’s College of Maryland
ALUMNI
WEEKEND
is June 6-9
The tobacco barn on the corner that marked the final turn before campus. The infamous Green Door. The whimsical scarecrow—whether parachuting, water skiing, or actually farming—who always stood ready to welcome us. And then rounding the bend and catching that first glimpse of the river and forgetting to breathe for just a split second. Every time. To all my fellow Seahawks, I know you just took that mental drive with me. Core memory unlocked. Just a few weeks ago, some of my college friends and I made the journey back to school for our reunion. As we sat by the firepit one night, I looked around the circle at the flame-lit faces of people whom I cannot imagine my life without. The magic was palpable.
Fiction Poetry Creative Nonfiction Youth Workshop Teachers’ Seminar Literary Agents & Editors Words. Water. Woods.
WRITE ON THE RIVER
These are now facts. The scarecrow hasn’t greeted us for many years now. The tobacco barn has nearly crumbled back into the field where it once stood watch. My campus is now filled with buildings I don’t recognize. But some things will never change. I will always forget to breathe for just a moment when I round the bend and get that first glimpse of the river. And my home—my real home—isn’t about where I am. It’s the people I return to year after year. So perhaps I will always feel like a bit of a tourist in that place that once claimed me as one of its own. But that’s okay. I know where I belong. Excerpted from “Where I Belong” by Sue Harrell Corby ’95
SPRING 2024
ELEVATING ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT The St. Mary’s Way [ PA G E 8 ]