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Thoughts on Graduation

Family · June 10, 2010

This past weekend I had the opportunity to visit family in Ohio (where I grew up) and attend the commencement ceremonies for my cousin, Tyler, as he graduated from Fredericktown High School. The ceremonies themselves were what you would expect: Graduates in sun glasses or wearing (or at least it looked like it) nothing underneath their gowns. There were also the requisite speeches by the Superintendent, Principal, co-Valedictorian’s (Tyler was one), and three (yes, three!) co-Salutatorians”who mercifully gave their speeches at the same time, round-robin style).

Tyler will be attending the University of Toledo in the fall, with plans to major in mechanical engineering (I was a chemistry major when I entered Lipscomb University until I actually took a college chemistry class. I made it out of there with a B and a business major). I have no doubt that Tyler will be very successful in whatever major he ends up pursuing but I was feeling a bit philosophical when I will writing his graduation card so I decided to share with him some advice for his college experience:

  1. Always honor the name of your Father; both the one in Heaven and the one on Earth.
  2. Take the time to find out who you are; if you don’t like something, change it.
  3. Spend at least a little time talking to everyone you meet; you never know where you’ll meet your next great friend.
  4. Work hard but play hard too.
  5. Attend lectures that make you uncomfortable and challenge what you’ve always “known”.
  6. Go to dives and listen to good and bad”college bands.
  7. Have fun but not too much fun.
  8. Remember where you came from but focus on where you’re going.

Now, I know that some of those may sound a bit trite but they came from the heart and I’m happy to say that I followed most of them when I was in college and am pretty happy with the result. I ran out of space in the card but I’m sure that I would have been able to add some more with a bit more time.

Best of luck to you, Tyler, your family and friends love you very much.

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Zach Evans

Zach Evans is currently the Chief Technology Officer at XSOLIS, which helps healthcare organization manage revenue risk through a real-time predictive analytics platform. He is also an adjunct professor in the College of Business at Lipscomb University.

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