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April 28, 2005

Graduation Speakin'

The Class of 2005 is currently trying to select a student speaker for graduation. The process is long and involved (hey, we're MBAs! We loooove complexity!), but the selection process has finally winnowed things down to four primary candidates: Danika Dreslin, Mark Sullivan, Cintra Pollack, and me.

Today, each of us gave a quick, five-minute speech to a room of fellow students on why we want to be the graduation speaker. It was a little surreal, giving a talk about why you want to give a talk, but, for each of us, the words seemed to flow just fine.

I must say that I am very happy to have a) been nominated, b) made it this far in the process, and c) be among this group of extraordinary people. As I said in my talk, each of the other candidates has really brought something special to the program and made great contributions - Cintra, with her work on honor council and her BusinessWeek column; Danika, by pouring her heart and energy into Women In Business, transforming it into one of the best clubs we've got; and Mark, who organizes the weekly "Pub Club", but also works his guts out in the Program Office, acting as a Student Ambassador, helping new and prospective students understand our culture and unique fit.

Now that the speeches are over, the class will vote for the speaker sometime next week. While I'd (clearly) love to do it, I would also most certainly look forward to watching any of these three other folks bring their approach and perspective to the event.

Today's speeches made me glad. No matter who gets the nod, the class made some great choices.

Good luck, folks.

Posted by Gavin Shearer at April 28, 2005 4:13 PM. Posted to UW MBA.

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