Rachel Buchanan, 23, has successfully made the inevitable transition thrown at nearly every college graduate. Buchanan is a graduate of the University of Tulsa as of December 2012.
As a student athlete who maintained a 3.5 GPA during her time at TU, Buchanan was faced with plenty of adversary. Despite her success as a student and her excellent leadership as co-captain of TU Women’s Rowing, as her college graduation date approached she did what anyone would do; panic.
“I remember panicking and calling my parents and saying, what am I going to do!” said Buchanan.
Currently, Buchanan works as a 5th grade teacher at Lee Elementary in Tulsa. She loves her job and finds her work fulfilling on a day-to-day basis. Even though, Miss B. as her students call her, has departed from the stress of college life as a student-athlete, she believes her role as a teacher poses equally challenging yet different obstacles.
As a 5th grade school teacher Miss B is never short of laughs as well. She says her students are bright and often times funny. When asked to recall a funnier moment from the classroom, she refers to a student who had just learned the definition of a ‘rhetorical’ question, but later misspoke the word. “That was a ‘historical’ question, Miss B. You aren’t supposed to answer it,” said the anonymous student.
Left: Buchanan on TU graduation day.
Right: Buchanan third from right in boat on the Verdigris River.
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