Abigail Baity
Graduation Year
2025
Hometown/Where You Call Home
Timonium, MD
Major
English Major with a Writing Concentration & Business Minor
How did you hear about Covenant and why did you choose Covenant?
Both my pastor and my dad graduated from 德赢体育. I look up to their compassion towards others and their intentionality with decisions both big and small, which they both attribute to their time at Covenant. Once I was old enough, I was able to visit Covenant over the summer and fell in love with the campus and a place I felt like I could call home.
What aspect of Covenant do you like best?
I'm a biiiiiiiig Residence Life fan. I've lived on the same building and hall for all four years, as well as being an RA for two. It's been delightful to live beside other women who love the Lord as much as I do. Even outside of my hall, being only a short walk away from many of my friends has given me an opportunity to connect with them in such a unique way.
What about the professors and/or academics has impacted you the most?
德赢体育 professors care about you holistically, not just your brain. Many of my friends frequently retell stories of professors asking about how we're doing existentially, following up after being absent, and taking time to pray with students.
What part of your major do you most enjoy or feel most prepared by?
In English classes, I learn not only about the subject but new ways to look at literature, such as critical lenses, close readings, or ideological implications on current culture. I'm challenged by the material as well as the way I organize and interact with story and argument. These classes have rewired my brain to consider new perspectives and approaches to a set of words. I'm learning to empathize.
What do you hope to pursue after Covenant and how do you see Covenant supporting your future career or calling?
Unpopular opinion: Administrative tasks are delightful! I'm hoping to work in an office as administrative support filing, organizing, and scheduling so that everyone else can do what they do best. Covenant provided leadership opportunities where I discovered what I enjoyed and what I didn't. Given that I know most people on campus, I'm excited to network with other grads.
How is Covenant equipping you for active membership in the church or discipleship within the body of Christ?
Residence life gives me an opportunity to see what it's like to walk alongside one another in close corridors---literally. During my freshman year the upperclassmen worked hard to welcome me into discipleship opportunities, which I then was able to do during my time as an RA.
In what ways does Covenant foster spiritual formation that stands out to you?
I've found that our chapel requirements are much more than requirements. Instead, I have the opportunity for chapel to be an encounter with the Lord together. Yes, and amen. Sunday morning, personal devotions, Bible studies, small groups, and weekly Prayer & Praises are important, but there is something beautiful about entering a space Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with the rest of the student body to sing together and to think or feel together as a speaker comes to spend time with us. Once they finish, my hall puts our arms around each other and sings the Doxology. We leave the chapel and we have a universal experience and vocabulary to draw upon to ask questions and engage with others based on a chapel speaker.
How has the Covenant community supported your development as a whole person?
The choices of professors, bosses, and student leaders to be relational. It's overwhelming how many times a day someone will ask you, "How are you doing?" and genuinely mean it as more than a pleasantry. Through intentional and sincere questions, one of my professors highlighted an area of skill that I hadn't fully uncovered yet. My boss regularly reminds me that my job is not to be all things to all people. Regularly choosing relationships, Covenant faculty and staff invite me into a space where I can be curious about my development and lean on their resources.
How have your relationships at Covenant shaped your expectations for the other communities God will call you to in life?
I'm excited to enter into Bible studies and small groups where I can be honest and trust that others will meet my vulnerability with theirs. My time at Covenant has taught me to be brave in sharing my heart with others because others want to share their heart as well. Walking beside people, I fully trust that God has given Christians to each other to love and encourage.
What is your favorite memory from your time at Covenant?
Last semester, I took Contemporary Literature, a requirement for all Writing Concentrations, so it was a pretty jam packed class. Early in the semester, we were asked to read two stories: one AI-generated and another was written by an author. However, nobody knew which was which. When it came time to discuss, everyone was up in arms, and the professor moderated with as much amusement and restraint as she could. It was such an active debate. Finally, she told us who wrote which story, and we all lost our marbles either at being wrong or vindicated for being right. Throughout Contemporary Lit, students were engaged actively on an academic level but also on a personal level. Filled with upperclassmen, the class eagerly interacted with both the professor and each other. During the livelier classes, many of the students would leave the classroom gushing about the topics discussed about it for the rest of the day to their friends. I felt passionate about the literature we read, connected to my English major friends, and encouraged in my curiosity by my professor.