Hello Freshmen!
You made a good decision to join the family of learners at UW-Whitewater because here you will get an educational experience unlike any other in the world. I told some of you when we met during PREVIEW this summer that I come to work everyday with a passion for the transforming power of a good education. I am living proof of it. I grew up in the poorest state in the country with the poorest public school system at the time. I was able to get a university education and that made all the difference. My education not only made me more employable, it made me more alive!
Now listen to me carefully: It doesn’t work unless you graduate. So join me in repeating the mantra of the freshmen class of 2006 and repeat it to yourself everyday: I will finish what I have started…I will finish what I have started…I will finish what I have started.
See you at commencement in about 4 years. All the best!
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