The best today’s college graduates can do is to go out and make use of what they’ve learned and experienced in a world that is spinning and changing right along with them.
Graduates cheer during the 2023 University of Colorado Boulder Commencement at Folsom Field on May 11, 2023, in Boulder, Colorado. Colleges and universities throughout Colorado are holding their graduation ceremonies, with thousands of students heading out to face life’s challenges. I’ve taken great joy through the years in urging about-to-be college graduates to go ahead, start the next phase of your lives and experience life’s tests.
Consider all the 2024 college graduates have witnessed over the past four years: COVID-19 meant freshmen missed some of the rites of the academic world. College sports are undergoing tremendous change with women’s sports growing fast, football team schedules turning chaotic, transfer portals opening up for those who want to ply their trade at a different school, and student-athletes quickly mastering how to make money from the evolving system.
I challenge the class of 2024 to the following: Acknowledge that you should reach out and help improve the lives of others. See the bright side and the many opportunities of living in a well-developed nation. How can I best honor and salute the thousands of students graduating from all of the state’s institutions of higher learning? By urging them to turn around the arc of history for
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