Morningside Connect

The week leading up to graduation was full of events for the graduates and their families to attend, including Baccalaureate, rehearsal, a celebration at Bob Roe’s Point After, and a dinner at the Marina Inn.

Morningside College class of 2015 walked across the stage May 9 and into the start of their next chapter in life.

Graduation brings on a transition in one’s life. Friendships that have been formed throughout one’s college years will change. Your best friend might not be on the other side of the room sleeping any more or just down the hall for late night conversations. Graduation brings on a transition from being able to see your best friend every day to living miles apart and getting together a few times a year. This is the transition that seniors Kimberly Schroeder and Faith Schmidt are going through.

Faith and Kimberly met during their time on the softball field where mutual interests brought them together. Both of them being pitchers, they got to spend a lot of time together on the field, which soon grew into spending time together off the field too. They became best friends and then roommates. One can hardly find one without the other nearby.

The two of them grew up in similar settings, Faith from a farm in Emmetsburg, Iowa, and Kimberly from a farm in Remsen, Iowa. There, they both learned the value of hard work and responsibility.

Throughout their time living together during their college experience, many hours were spent staying up late talking about life and their strong religious beliefs. Some of their other hobbies together include eating ice cream, watching The Bachelor and Are You The One? on television, and working at Bandits games. They also took a trip to D.C. together. There they visited the monuments and the Holocaust Museum.

Two months before graduation they sat down and formed a bucket list of things they wanted to do together before they graduated. Their list includes restaurants around Sioux City where they had never eaten, rock climbing, visiting the Sioux City Museum, and decorating their graduation caps.

When asked about their pet peeves about each other, the room grew silent. It took them quite a while to think of any.

“She never wears her hair down and she leaves the shower running forever,” said Kimberly.

“When she gets ice cream without me,” said Faith.

They plan to stay as close as possible and visit each other often throughout the years.

Faith received her degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting and plans to become a CPA. Kimberly received her degree in business and is going to attend law school at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis.

“What you are is God’s gift to you. What you become is your gift to God.”