Hello, my name is Tiffany Phan and I'm honored to be selected to give your final speech before you all go off to your own journey and begin a new chapter. As I may ask for a brief moment where you guys can think of an experience back during your years in Dominican where it impacted you the most? Now ask yourself this, was it something that was out of the ordinary? No matter what your answer was, I know for a fact that it was something unexpected, where someone or yourself went out of the way to develop it.
Communication to yourself and to the people around you is essential. To get connections, we must communicate, to develop knowledge, we must communicate with others, and then pass it on. It's just like a repetitive cycle over and over again. Now the question is, what do you do with that communication? Would you just tap the person's shoulder in front of you and share it, or would you go out and make a change of what you hear? Relatively to you, my graduating class of 2012, through the years at Dominican, and the knowledge and experiences that you gained, what will you do with it as you move forward ahead into the next chapter of your life? Nurses, are you going to fold your patient's beds just like you did in lab ten million times? Psychology majors, are you going to judge your patient's problem and what their implementation should be through the processes of what you learn in your classes? Dance majors, are you going to remember the four basic posture moves in ballet? What are you all going to do with the knowledge you gained? Will you just stop absorbing more than you already know? My advice, don't. The more you communicate to others, the more you will pass your knowledge and gain some new perspectives as well.
This is my small advice to you, Graduating class of 2012. I hope you all cherish your memories here at Dominican, and will prosper well into your new life. Thank you!
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