My experience through the pandemic taught me two things about tackling hard decisions in the face of uncertainty. I can guarantee you that there will be points in your life when you feel like you’re driving through fog with no headlights. In the coming years, you’ll make many consequential decisions-where to live, where to work, whether and when to go to graduate or professional school, whether and when to start a family. As college graduates, you’ll navigate even more. We often don’t know whether decisions we make will ultimately turn out to be right or wrong.Īs Brown students, you’ve faced many decisions as the architects of your education, navigating the Open Curriculum. The truth is that life is filled with uncertainty. We like to look for silver linings, and perhaps there’s something to learn from our experience. When you’re faced with this kind of fog-like uncertainty, what do you do? On one of the numerous Zoom meetings I had with other college presidents over the past two years, I remember one president describing how it felt like driving through a thick fog with no headlights, and having to make quick decisions about whether and when to turn right or left. We’ll all be processing the significance of this pandemic experience on our lives, for years to come.Īs I start that processing myself, I’ve been considering what I’ve learned about making hard decisions in times of great uncertainty. But, it’s been just too big a part of our recent lives. I’d initially decided to stay away from the pandemic in my remarks to you today. Can we please have a round of applause for all of the Brown employees here today? Today, hundreds of Brown employees are here to support our largest ever in-person Commencement and Reunion Weekend with all of your friends and family members. ![]() ![]() But in truth he’s one of many, and we owe all of the administrators, faculty, staff and student leaders a debt of gratitude for getting us through this time. Judging by the memes I see, Russell Carey (who used to be known to students primarily for his role in calling snow days) has become a campus hero. This community came together and supported each other.
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