A Message to Our P’16s
This is the time of year that is bittersweet for me. I am so excited to welcome our new Class of 2020 (and their P’20 parents and families) to campus, but I am sad to see our Class of 2016 graduate and have them (and their P’16 parents and families) leave us.
P’16s, I have been privileged to know some of your kids. I wish I knew them all. 10 of them I had as advisees, and I have had a number of others make their way to my office for some reason or other. I probably met between 125-150 of the Class of 2016 at their New Student Receptions in the summer of 2012. Others I have come to know through activities or events on campus.
They are wonderful young men and women, and you are deservedly proud of them. I have been amazed by their talent, their boundless energy, their service, their desire for peace and justice for the world, their sense of fun, and their love of Wake. My fondest wish is for them all to go on to live lives of meaning and purpose, full of love and happiness. I wish that for you too, P’16s.
On any given day I don’t know who reads the Daily Deac. Some of you have written me over the years, others have written in recent days as Commencement approaches. Those mean the world to me.
So many thanks to all of you – for entrusting your kids to Wake Forest. For all you have done to support us – whether that is via the Parents’ Campaign, being a cheerleader in your home town, recommending students to look at Wake – whatever. For reading the Daily Deac and letting me have a little piece of your WFU experience.
I hope to pass you on the Quad at Commencement and will give a big cheer for all of your kids. Even though it is theirs (and your) time to go, please know that you will always be part of the WFU family.
And because I am an infinitely sappy person, and because you are the right generation to appreciate this, I thought I would share a little video with you 🙂