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Kibler gave Maddie Gionet (@MaddieGNA) an interview talking about winning the award and life outside of the university.
Maddie Gionet: Can you describe your first emotions after learning you had won the Hellinger Award? Were you with anyone?
Kristy Kibler: I checked my email before class one day at the end of March, and there was an email from the dean with the subject line “congratulations.” I knew the awards were going to be announced sometime right around then, so I felt nervous and excited. When I read the actual email and saw I won the Hellinger, I just felt shocked at first, then happiness and excitement hit a little later. The first people I told were my roommates (Ruth Harper and Alexandra Fioravanti, two fellow J/MC majors).
Maddie Gionet: How does it feel to be part of an exclusive Bonaventure group?
Kristy Kibler: I feel slightly overwhelmed and extremely honored.
Maddie Gionet: What does this award mean to you?
Kristy Kibler: It’s hard to sum up what the Hellinger means. It’s a huge honor, and I’m proud the Jandoli professors think so highly of what I accomplished at Bonaventure. It’s also a statement of faith in what my future holds, and I’m really humbled they have such high expectations of me.
Maddie Gionet: Who was the most influential person in your life at St. Bonaventure? Why?
Kristy Kibler: There is no way I can pick just one person as the most influential. From my classmates to professors, friars and The Bona Venture staff, Bona’s is full of people who have inspired and influenced me from freshman year to beyond graduation day.
Maddie Gionet: Now that you’ve graduated, what are you up to?
Kristy Kibler: I interned in the features department of The Buffalo News this summer, and I started last month as news editor of the Country Courier in Warsaw, N.Y.
Maddie Gionet: What has been the biggest adjustment moving from the Bona Bubble to the real world?
Kristy Kibler: I still live at home for now, so getting used to that after four years of college has been a bit of an adjustment. Besides that, I think the biggest adjustment has been having my friends scattered all over the state and beyond and only getting to see them once a month or so instead of daily.
Maddie Gionet: What advice can you give to Bonaventure students who want to get the most out of their college experience?
Kristy Kibler: Just soak in every single day you have there. Study hard, and take interesting classes that have nothing to do with your major. Linger much longer at Hickey meals than really necessary. Study abroad. Enjoy those $1 drafts at the Skeller. Spend time at Mt. Irenaeus.
Maddie Gionet: What’s the greatest thing about being out of college and in the real world?
Kristy Kibler: The regular paychecks!
Maddie Gionet: What do you miss the most about Bonaventure?
Kristy Kibler: My friends, the atmosphere, and, although this sounds cliché and corny as heck, the classes. The real world is sadly lacking in the awesomeness that is poetry with Dr. Simpson or media ethics with Hanch and Dean Coppola.
Maddie Gionet: Have you had any I’m-not-in-college-anymore moments?
Kristy Kibler: I really felt it the weekend everyone was moving back into Bona’s in August and I wasn’t, but luckily I had my new job to distract me.
The Intrepid, 2011
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