Pace University is officially providing a yearbook for this academic year.

Starting the creation of an entire year book in late February may seem rushed, but those anxious to get a copy can rest assured that they will not be disappointed. Shawn M. Livingston, the Interim Director for the Center for Student Development & Campus Activities, explained the planning needed for a late start and how to handle any categories that have not yet already been completed prior.

“We will need the community to share photos from events and programs from the Fall – our students will conduct outreach,” Livingston said. “Very little has been done on this year’s book to this point in time. We first need to meet with our Yearbook representative and design a cover and layout, then start filling content.”

Seniors who sign up and get their professional portrait taken will receive a free copy of the yearbook. The sitting fee for these portraits is $15. Additional copies for anyone can be purchased through Eventbrite for $20 per book.

For many, yearbooks were a staple in elementary, middle and high school. This does not always carry over into higher education.

“I feel like in high school, you were always going to do a million things so you could be in the yearbook,” said a student who wished to remain anonymous. “I feel like at college, yearbook just doesn’t exist at all. Like, you never hear people say ‘I can’t wait to get my yearbook when I graduate.’”

Sophomore Philippe Woolley agrees.

“It’s less significant now because back then we saw the same people every day and made connections with them, no matter how good or bad,” Woolley said. “Looking back on them you can say, ‘I remember when we did this or that’ and ‘I remember hating her,’ but now getting a yearbook is just, ‘huh, didn’t know they were in my class.’”

Senior, Mackenzie Morgan is more excited for her college yearbook than she was in high school.

“I personally want a yearbook. I didn’t care in high school, but now that I actually like the people I’m around, it may be nice to have that,” Morgan said.

Livingston agrees.

“I believe it’s a nice tradition and a unique token to keep from college,” Livingston said.

Since graduation is around the corner for seniors, it seems to be more important to them.

“I don’t necessarily see the importance of having a college yearbook,” another anonymous student, a junior, said. “I feel like the connections that are around me now are the ones of a lifetime. The faces I could see in a yearbook, not so much.”