Making the trip from his home in Ontario, Canada to Urbana, Illinois for his CEE graduation and reception was a surreal experience for Perry Godse. Despite completing his MSCE at the University of Illinois this fall, his campus visits up until today had been strictly virtual. Now, Godse is seeing his professors, classrooms, CEE labs, and even Boneyard Creek in-person for the first time.
While he may be taking his first steps on campus, his connection to the CEE at Illinois community is already incredibly strong. “It just felt like there was no barrier, and that’s what made it amazing,” Godse said of his CEE at Illinois MS online experience. "I don’t think that you could get that anywhere else.”
Godse reflects with gratitude at the indelible relationships he developed not only with faculty, but with his colleagues and fellow students; how so many in the department went above and beyond to facilitate meaningful interactions both in and out of the (virtual) classroom.
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