{"id":2791,"date":"2016-05-09T19:18:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T19:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2016-05-09T19:18:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T19:18:50","slug":"house-16-reflects-on-interesting-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/2016\/05\/09\/house-16-reflects-on-interesting-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"House ’16 Reflects on Interesting Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Paige<\/em> \u2013In my three years on campus, Fabian House, as much as anyone, has been the face of Wabash College. The guy, like many here, is involved in seemingly everything: resident assistant, orientation leader, vice president of the student senate, student representative to the NAWM board, member of the Little Giant cross country and track and field programs, and a tour guide for Admissions.<\/p>\n

Between the official and more informal tours, Fabian thinks he\u2019s led more than 500 tours over the last three and a half years. Just think of how many future Wabash men\u2019s first impressions were shaped by Fabian. Those tours are the primary reason I think of him as the current face of the College.<\/p>\n

\"Fabian<\/a>
Fabian House ’16<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With final exams complete and Commencement a few days away, I thought it would be interesting to see how Fabian, who will teach on the east side of Indianapolis next year, felt about his time on campus and the impacts he\u2019s had. Below are his thoughts in his own words:<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t feel like I\u2019m done. I get the feeling that all of this is another step. I\u2019m going to be off campus. I won\u2019t be seeing the same sights here on campus that I\u2019ve grown used to, like the tulip tree just outside Center Hall, and in the winter, the Milligan Clock beside Baxter Hall. I\u2019m looking forward to being an alum, to being an ambassador for Wabash in a different way. I\u2019m not going to be giving tours per se, I\u2019m going to miss that for sure, but I hope, as a teacher working in the Indy area, that I\u2019ll be able to at least guide students this way and make them seriously consider an all-male institution.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the biggest things I\u2019m going to miss is fall at Wabash. The fall months are gorgeous, the leaves change, and so that is a beautiful moment for Wabash. I\u2019m going to miss the Monon Bell Chapel, where the seniors talk about these formative years and how important it is to keep the Bell. I\u2019m going to miss cross country and running on a team where we try to peak and run our best when it gets cold in the fall. Defending our regional championship this past season was probably my best athletic moment at Wabash. I\u2019m going to miss Honor Scholarship Weekend as well. It\u2019s a big introduction to Wabash \u2013 one I had and enjoyed \u2013 and is something that we\u2019ve made very much a campus moment. Everyone knows what Honor Scholar is all about and everyone is excited for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the banquet, they thanked me for my three and a half years of service and said I have given over 350 official tours on campus. That doesn\u2019t count all of the unofficial tours I\u2019ve given. I gave my last tour last Wednesday (April 27) and it was a really cool moment because I wasn\u2019t going to tell the folks that it was my last tour. I told my first tour that it was because I felt like I needed to let them know that it was going to be an interesting ride. My last one was really special. After the son went into class, the parents thanked me, which happens occasionally, and said, \u2018you said a lot of things and answered a lot of questions that made Wabash feel like a place that he would want to go.\u2019 I got a little tearful. It\u2019s my last tour and I get folks telling me that I gave a tour that made Wabash seem like an accessible place for their son. That\u2019s how I want every tour to be. It\u2019s not how many tours you give, it\u2019s the impact you had in that 45 minutes you are with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Fall<\/a>
Fall and Honor Scholarship Weekend are just two of the things House will miss about Wabash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t imagine myself doing anything else right out of college other than teaching (in Indianapolis for Indiana Teaching Fellows). I\u2019m happy that I\u2019ll be close. I\u2019m going to know guys in the next three graduating classes \u2013 guys I gave tours to, guys that I\u2019ve come to know through classes. I don\u2019t think you really are finally able to call yourself an alum and fully disconnect from Wabash as a student until you are able to look at a graduating class and know that you didn\u2019t go to class with any of them. In many ways I still feel very connected to campus and the day-to-day activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt no one point do you think that you\u2019re done. It won\u2019t hit me until the summer that I\u2019m a Wabash graduate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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