Event # 3- If you only had 30 minutes left, what would you say?

If you only had 30 minutes left, what would you say?

That was the question that Dr. Waites had to answer in her speech that she gave at the Last Lecture Series. This event took place the library fourth floor in room 4039. The Last Lecture Series is a semi-annual program sponsored by the Spiritual Life Council. Each year, the students here at Nova nominate the professor they would like to hear speak in the Last Lecture Series. And this year the selected professor was my current First Year Seminar professor Dr. Kathleen Waites. She had to give a speech about what she has learned about what matters most in life, and the people and events that have impacted them.
Dr. Waites, in her speech, talked about her mom and her death. Her mom used to be the town reporter because she would go around getting stories and information for her grandmother. Therefore, her mom used to have a lot of stories to tell. Unfortunately her mom died recently. She had to care of her mom before she died, and she admitted that she was not very excited a first because of her busy life. However, as her mom got worse and she was the only one there by her side when she died made her feel more attached to her mom than she ever was. Dr. Waites said being by her mom side as she passed away was the one of the best thing that happened to her. She said she would not trade it for nothing.
I selected this event because Dr. Waites is a great professor and I wanted to hear her speech. This event is connected to the college theme of life and death because Dr. Waite speech was about what matter most in life and her mom death. I will definitely encourage every one of my classmate to participate in the Last Lecture Series because they are very educational. Dr. Waites speech was very inspiring and emotional, and I am certain that every one that attended the event gain something from it.