Coming Full Circle
The story of Brandon White, and his unique matriculation through Morehouse College.
To say that the last two years have been arduous is an understatement. That sentiment is felt especially to college students. Within a matter of weeks college students around the nation were told that they had to pack their things with no knowledge of a return date. With the pandemic loosening its grip on society the chance of a return to life how it was before the pandemic has become more and more likely, and for people like Morehouse senior Brandon White this change is a welcome one.
White, a native of Laurel Maryland, enters his senior year with a gratitude that most others would overlook if put into a similar situation. White like countless others across the country, was forced into a very uncomfortable position when the pandemic first struck. However as White prepares to graduate from Morehouse he not only acknowledges his unique path at Morehouse but also has come to appreciate it.
“It’s something that was so unique that it’s so hard to even live through it again, not necessarily because it was difficult, but because it was a once in a lifetime experience.” White Noted “A lot of people say, I want to redo this. I wanna redo that. I want to go back college so I can redo things, but the way things have shaped out, even including a pandemic right in the middle of my studies this experience has been nothing short of spectacular and I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world” White Said
As White prepares for his upcoming graduation this spring he has the unique ability to look back on his time at Morehouse and access the legacy that he will leave behind once he walks beyond the hollowed concrete steps of Brown Street. White elaborated that if he was given the chance to go back and time and pick where he was going to college, he would without question pick Morehouse.
As White prepares to leave Morehouse he reflected on how Morehouse’s brotherhood not only affected him but also his brothers that came before and after him.
“There are definitely aspects of the brotherhood that, you know, one student going here just simply will never forget.” White Noted “And with that brotherhood aspect, not only can you figure out like, okay, where do I want to go in this world? But also get to figure out who do I want to do it in that world with, you much rather have people that you can trust in order to build something last, that’s that lasts long.” White Said
Brandon White’s story is one of millions within his generation. The past two years of existence will be studied and noted within history books several generations down the line. As the majority of the planet looks at COVID as something that took things from us and was an overall bad thing. Others like Brandon White look at it from an optimistic standpoint.
In the movies and the books they all say that college is the best four years of your life. So what do you do when those years are taken from you and you can do nothing about it? You move on and appreciate the time you have. Brandon White will graduate from Morehouse College this upcoming May with the rest of his 2022 classmates. Upon graduating students will no longer be known as “Men of Morehouse” they will then be known as “Morehouse Men”, and there is no other Morehouse student who optimizes what a Morehouse Man should be like Brandon White.
