As the semester ends and graduation looms closer, WKU seniors are taking their graduation photos all over campus.
Freshman Taylor Koch from Paris, Kentucky, says that senior photos are a good way to capture milestones in your life.
Koch also said that as a journalism major in Potter College of Arts and Letters, she wants to take photos in front of Jody Richards Hall and Cherry Hall. She said she wants to include her friends because of their support throughout her academic journey.
“I think it’s a good idea for students to take photos in front of a building where they spend most of their time,” Koch said via text.
Presley Garrett, a senior from Greenville, Kentucky, said that it is important that seniors get graduation photos.
“College for me has been a home away from home, filled with friendships, experiences and personal growth,” Garrett said.
Garrett said graduation photos capture seniors in the most important places to them, like favorite buildings on campus or with friends. She said she wants to look back on these photos someday to share her college experience with her future children.
Garrett said she took her graduation photos by the Academic Complex and at Van Meter Hall. She posed by the Academic Complex because she is a part of the College of Health and Human Services.
“I’m a Public Health major, so I spent a lot of time in that building,” Garrett said.
Garrett said she posed at Van Meter Hall because of the scenery and architecture of the building.
“I took the ones by Van Meter because it was so pretty, and I love the columns,” Garrett said.
Garrett said she also plans on taking more senior photos, joined by her friends at their freshman dorm, Pearce Ford Tower, and at the Colonnades.
After taking her photos, Garrett said she advises soon-to-be graduates to take a friend to get graduation photos. She said it makes things more comfortable.
Mya Desbien, a senior from Clarksville, Tennessee, said that she thinks it is important to get graduation photos.
“I think we work so hard for these degrees,” Desbien said. “It’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever done, and I think it’s so important to have the pictures to look back on and remember what an accomplishment this is.”
Desbien said she also posed for her senior photos at the Academic Complex.
“I am a part of the College of Health and Human Services, so I feel like that represents my academic journey while I’ve been here at WKU,” Desbien said.
Desbien said she also took photos at the Colonnades.
“I think this is just one of the prettiest places on campus, especially to take pictures,” Desbien said.
Desbien has also taken senior photos at Van Meter Hall and the small bridge in the middle of campus. She said she used props that correlated to her nursing major. Some of these props included wearing her scrubs and posing with her stethoscope and textbooks.
Desbien advises future graduates taking photos to find a great photographer who makes you feel comfortable.