By Melissa Howard
Regina Durley, a Marshall senior, will be graduating in December 2007 with a degree in photojournalism.
Regina, 22, grew up in East Texas. She loves to travel and shoot pool in her time out of classes.
“I like to enjoy time with friends and family anywhere that I can have a good time,” she said. “As far as traveling goes, I like going different places and seeing different things.”
She is also a member of the Gamma Rays, a female organization affiliated with Gamma Alpha Mu Fraternity, Inc.
Regina currently works for the campus’s news publication, the Pine Log, as a photojournalist. She said, “Post-graduation, being a photojournalist is the thing I would most like to pursue as a career.”
Regina started off her college career at SFA with an undecided degree plan and after one semester, she transferred to Kilgore College. She attended Kilgore College for two years before taking a semester off. After the semester off she attended Wiley College for one semester and then enrolled back into SFA.
Regina’s mom, four cousins, and both sisters attended SFA. “It became a family school really fast,” said Regina, “SFA just runs in the family.” Currently, only one of her cousins is still attending SFA.
When she graduates, she is unsure about where she will be living. Regina said, “I have many choices of where to live after school.” Her mom has recently moved to Dallas and her brother lives in Houston, so he has her pick of where she wants to live.
Although undecided about a specific city, she knows exactly which state she wants to be in. “I love to travel. I have been to Illinois, Georgia, Kansas and Alabama. All those places are cool but I don’t want to live anywhere but Texas.”
After graduation, Regina is going to enjoy having time away from classes and schoolwork. She says the best thing about graduation is, “no more classes. I won’t have to wake up extremely early for classes anymore and I am going to enjoy being able to do what I want for a while.”
Even though she is pursuing a career in photojournalism, Regina doesn’t want to jump into the field immediately after graduation. She wants to work as a bartender for a short time because it is a job that she has always wanted to do. Her reasoning? “Bartenders can make a lot of money and I want some.”
Regina said, “I am going to be very happy to finish school.” However, she admits that she will miss some aspects of SFA. “I love SFA,” Regina said, “I have always felt welcome here.” According to Regina, her favorite thing about SFA is the people attending it. The acceptance she has felt on campus is what she is going to miss the most.
Regina Durley was wearing a black shirt, blue jeans and white shoes. She has brown eyes and black hair which she wore down.
