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Gap Years

Lessons learned from going back to school, four decades later.

illustration of a man in cap and gown leaping from one stone to another and shedding the tools and clothing of an electrician, by Marcos Chin

By Steve Gerus ’80 MA Lib

Illustration by Marcos ChinMay / June 2023

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