OSU Commencement and Closing Thoughts

As much as I wasn't ready to say goodbye to Ohio State as a student, Spring Commencement was celebrated on Sunday, May 5.  Over 8,000 graduates were packed onto the field in Ohio Stadium, and I was surrounded by my MAcc classmates as we listened to President Obama, OSU President E. Gordon Gee, and many others encourage us to dream big and change the world.   OSU graduates were fortunate to have a sitting president speak at our commencement, and I'll share my favorite message from our keynote speaker:

The point is, if you are living your life to the fullest, you will fail, you will stumble, you will screw up, you will fall down.  But it will make you stronger, and you’ll get it right the next time, or the time after that, or the time after that.  And that is not only true for your personal pursuits, but it’s also true for the broader causes that you believe in as well. 

There were so many wonderful moments of graduation:  walking across the field to receive my diplomas as the victory bells chimed from the stadium, meeting my friends' families after the ceremony, and plenty of hugs from my proud parents and sister.  Of course, we had to stop by Fisher after commencement, where many business student graduates were gathered to take pictures and say their goodbyes.

As I write my last blog post for My Fisher Grad Life, I'm not sure there's a better way to leave than by closing with the words of "Carmen Ohio," the alma mater of the school of which I am now a proud member of a group of over 500,000 living alumni.  So, here goes...

Oh! Come let's sing Ohio's praise, 

And songs to Alma Mater raise; 

While our hearts rebounding thrill, 

With joy which death alone can still. 

Summer's heat and Winter's cold, 

The season pass, the years will roll; 

Time and change will surely show 

How firm thy friendship -- O hi o.