This past weekend I graduated from Marist College.\u00a0 For me it was a two day affair as I was awarded a scholarship award at another ceremony as well as my degree during the general commencement ceremony.\u00a0 I won’t bore everyone with the details but here is a general overview of the events.<\/p>\n
A few weeks back I was nominated for a scholarship award for my work as a student employee in my college’s networking department.\u00a0 This past semester I wrote a web application to help manage the new network access control system as well as provide a way for students to register network devices like game consoles and Tivos.\u00a0 I won the scholarship award and that meant I had to go to the Baccalaureate Ceremony on Friday.\u00a0 It lasted exactly one hour which was great for me since I don’t like ceremonies, especially long ones.\u00a0 The one interesting thing about the event was listening to everyone’s achievements.\u00a0 There were some very driven and talented individuals that definitely deserved to be honored there that day.\u00a0 One cool thing I got to do after the ceremony was take my picture with President Murray, the president of the college.\u00a0 Even though he doesn’t know who I am and probably never will, its still kind of cool.<\/p>\n
Saturday was the general commencement.\u00a0 The weather could not have been better.\u00a0 The only problem was we were wearing all black!\u00a0 I know that it is traditional for graduates to wear black robes but I think that is one tradition that needs to be thrown out. \ud83d\ude42 Our commencement speaker was Vicki Mabrey, a journalist for ABC News.\u00a0 I think she is on the show Nightline.\u00a0 Mabrey’s speech was short and to the point, exactly what a commencement speech should be.\u00a0 While I enjoyed the speech, I can’t help but feel that it was a little unremarkable.\u00a0 I don’t think I will remember the speech for the rest of my life but it certainly has an important messages for the next couple of years.<\/p>\n
After the ceremony, the typical photos were taken with friends and family.\u00a0 The so called “reception” after the ceremony was pathetic.\u00a0 Marist really dropped the ball on that one.\u00a0 Marist, if you reading, make the reception a real one next time.\u00a0 Get some real food.<\/p>\n
Anyway, after the pitiful reception, I got to introduce my mom and dad to some of my professors that have been instructing me these past four years.\u00a0 Putting a face to the many names I have said over the years was pretty important to them so I was happy to oblige.<\/p>\n
Just as a warning to any future girlfriends\/wife that may be reading this, I do not like ceremony or tradition very much.\u00a0 The only reason why I went to my graduation is because my parents wanted me to.\u00a0 Since I owe my parents a lot it was the least I could do.\u00a0 But as a general rule, I find ceremony a tremendous waste of time and money.\u00a0 I don’t like weddings, award ceremonies, or any other event that is purely done because it’s tradition.\u00a0 So if you are a future girlfriend and you want a large wedding, we might have a problem. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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