Five years ago, President Barack Obama stood before the 2009 graduates and asked them to step up and make a positive difference. “We need young people like you to step up… I’m talking about an approach to life – a quality of mind and quality of heart; a willingness to follow your passions, regardless of whether they lead to fortune and fame; a willingness to question conventional wisdom and rethink old dogmas; a lack of regard for all the traditional markers of status and prestige – and a commitment instead to doing what’s meaningful to you, what helps others, what makes a difference in this world.” Read about five W. P. Carey School of Business alumni and how the President’s words still resonate in their lives.
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 18:45:01 +0000
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