The Old School Lunch

The exchange of emails that i’ve received just now:

Dear #####.

We had our meeting with ##### ###### yesterday. She informed us that Luke has to request the retroactive dating of his diploma himself. He can write an e-mail message directly to her <######@u.washington.edu> cc’ing ####### and me so that I can then write a message in support of his request.

We also agreed that ######### would communicate these instructions to Luke, but I understand he has moved, and getting a hold of his address & telephone number has been an issue. So, if you are in touch with him, I would appreciate your conveying this information to him as well. Thanks,

–#####

Hi ######,

Yes, I have just learned that GARS won’t make Luke’s degree retroactive. I need to speak further with Angelica about this (she is out on a medical appointment this afternoon).

We have a meeting with ######## scheduled for tomorrow. I’ll inquire about
Luke’s case there. ######## found a copy of the graduation application she
says she sent to the Graduation Office long time ago. But ##### has told
######### that they never received it… a convoluted story. Again, one of us
will get back to you as soon as possible.

–######

Dear #####,

Luke has contacted me once again, and has told me that he has been
informed by GARS that his diploma will not be retroactive. Please let me
know if this is a mistake, as he is very concerned about it.

Thanks you,

#########

“getting a hold of his address and telephone has been an issue?” What the fuck? I did move but that was about, oh, almost 4 years ago AND i’ve had the same goddamn phone number listed on my UW account the ENTIRE time. The only thing that’s changed is that since they didn’t record me ever graduating, they deleted my UW email address completely and didn’t offer me any chance of paying to keep it active. Assuming that I had graduated, I thought this was just something that happened to everyone but no, I learned that alums actually get to keep the damn email address for a while. God.