Our Graduates: Kate Bruni

Kate will be graduating as an English major with a minor in folklore. Shortly thereafter she will be leaving our fair city for an apartment complex in Chicago that has a pool and a concierge. And also lots of dogs. It would seem that all her dreams have come true.

Kate came to us as a sassy, sweet, funny freshman who quickly made herself a staff favorite. Aside from simply being a great worker, which made her an obvious choice for student supervisor, she is someone who is equally at home discussing literature and philosophy, as well as why Oreo cookies are her frenemy. Her gift is language, though, and rarely have we had someone so quotable working for us, where seemingly mundane things become hilarious. A few of my favorites:

“My family gives meat as presents.”

“After three ‘whats’ you can’t say ‘what’ anymore.”

“It was like Noah blew his nose and all the people came out of the library”

Here is Kate’s farewell in her own words: “I have dreams of owning my own dog village, so maybe that can happen one day. Until then, the boyfriend and I are moving to Chicago where we will eat our way across the city and try not to get fat from the smell of the chocolate factory that is right next to our apartment building. I plan on sitting by the pool and binge-watching Parks and Rec for the foreseeable future.

I know whatever job I get will never live up to my time at the library, but working here did teach me what I care about in a job:

• Having comfy chairs to sit in for hours
• Having bosses you can speak freely with about how much your roommates suck
• Having birthday Wednesdays (or some other day I guess) where I can get free cookies and cupcakes
• Making sure that ice-breakers are not just ice-breakers (alpacas are good in these situations)
• Having a super cool bunch of people to work with, who you can count on to always look up what the Ninja Turtle actors like look like now.

Hopefully I can find at least a few of these things!”

I am sure you will do great wherever you end up. We wish Kate, and her boyfriend Davis (who is so well liked he is almost an honorary Business/SPEA employee) the very best. You are irreplaceable, and you will be missed!