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Sumaiya Jahan ’25 first arrived on ����ɬ’s campus as a spring admit, giving her a slight feeling of unease as if she was interrupting a conversation, arriving late to the party. Hailing from Rogers Park, a neighborhood on Chicago’s North Side that is densely populated and diverse on nearly every marker, Jahan was taken by the beauty of the campus and the surrounding landscape. Something like impostor syndrome began to set in, and she hid herself away a bit.

Three and a half years later, as she fast approaches Commencement, she said, “I feel more confident and open-minded, open to doing things I would have been afraid to try before. I feel ready to take on challenges.”

Born to Bangladeshi immigrants, Jahan thinks that “going to college is a big deal. It’s also a motivator. I want to make them proud.” As a first-generation and low-income student, Jahan found community in ����ɬ’s . As a co-chair of FLIP, she said, “That’s something I am proud I was able to do, to be involved in. I met so many great people.”

Though Jahan entered in the spring, she had her mind set on graduating early. Between her studies and working several jobs on campus as a notetaker, a barista at Francis Perk and as an off-campus tutor for middle schoolers with ����ɬ’s