“I’m really thankful that, just being with my family, like all of the families getting together, and realize that it could not happen that way but thank God that it happened that way and that’s the most, the best thing that is going to happen in my life, just getting with my family.”

Min Parks

Sophomore in LAS

“I’m thankful that I got accepted to law school.”

Kevin Schneider

Senior in LAS

“I’m thankful for being able to grow up in the country and just kind of have a free, down to earth way of life.”

Joe Russow

Sophomore in Engineering

“Well, this is my first Thanksgiving here in America. I am from Europe, we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in Europe so I’m looking forward to see how Americans celebrate Thanksgiving and, well, I think it’s going to be nice.”

Andy Doeritzer

Exchange student in Business

“I’m really thankful for attending such a great university like the University of Illinois, because I get such a great education and I take that for granted sometimes and it really is such a good school.”

Katie Digan

Sophomore in Communications

“I’m thankful for the ability to think, think about random things, like what I’m thankful for, and just being able to ponder that all day. I’m thankful for the time that I have to think about things all day and I’m thankful for people who stimulate me to think about things that can take a whole day to ponder.”

Jenny Bellendir

Sophomore in Nursing

“I am thankful for my Catholic education.”

Chris Salvatori

Sophomore in LAS

Compiled by Brenda Kay Zylstra