This issue features SCEs from across majors— from music and environmental science to English and anthropology– and each work explores themes, topics, and texts in ways that challenge disciplinary boundaries and spark creative, critical thinking in the spirit of the liberal arts tradition.

We encourage you to learn something unexpected while reading these stand-out SCEs. Whether it’s a new term to describe the eyeball of a fish or a more critical understanding of Katniss Everdeen, we hope that you leave this issue excited about the work of these Washington College graduates .

Contributors from the class of 2025, we would like to recognize your SCEs as a reflection of your time here at Washington College and a testament to your hard work and passion while an undergraduate. Thank you for sharing your work so that generations of students to come can look at your SCEs as an example of “what to do.”

And lastly, we want to thank everyone who has contributed to the creation of this next issue, whether that be as an advisor, past editor, or writer. This shared learning experience could not happen without you.

Slay everyone,

Logan, Jessica, and Siobhan