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Commencement
1999
"May
we here today be exhilarated"
Five
Receive Honorary Degrees
154th
Commencement Facts
Student Awards
Brittain
Award: Cameron N. Welborn '99L
McMullan Award: Brant D. Brown '99C
Ones
to Watch
Brian
M. Oubre'99C
Katrina R. Samuels
'99C
Stephanie M. Denton '99C
Kenya
K. Hansford '99B
Jason R. Howard '99B
Oxford
College Commencement
Millennial
musings
"You have given us yourself"
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Ones
to Watch:
Jason R. Howard '99B
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| Major: |
Business, concentration in finance
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| Post-graduation
plan: |
Joining investment firm Goldman Sachs on Wall Street as an analyst
in the merger group, a position he landed through Sponsors for
Educational Opportunity, a New York City-based program that recruits
minority college students nationwide to work at top-tier firms
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| Career
and life plan: |
"Manage a private equity fund that buys and sells companies,
using the profits to fund educational opportunities for inner-city
kids and Christian ministries around the world." |
| Emory's
role in achieving his goals: |
"Instructed me in the fundamental business concepts and provided
me with the framework needed to analyze business operations, strategies,
and opportunities." |
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Motto:
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"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." (Matthew
5:16) |
| Most
inspiring teacher and course: |
Susan Johnson, "Decision Science II."
"I began the class with little interest in company operations,
but as Johnson presented the material, I realized that operations
knowledge would help me understand how a company makes money,
monitors quality and efficiency, and controls costs."
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| Favorite
extracurricular activity: |
Emory READ.
"I enjoyed working with Stee'ven Hunter, a second-grader
at Slayton Elementary, and contributing to his learning experience."
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