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¶ … Life at Friends University As I come nearer to the completion of my work at Friends University, I would like to take the opportunity to reflect on the past, savor the present, and look forward to the future. I believe that remembering what has already taken place and the things I have learned is a key in planning a successful and worthwhile future.

I come to Friends University prepared to do my work, get my degree, and get on with my life. I never expected that a "school" could mean so much to me or could change my way of looking at myself and the world around me.

A good university should provide an education which helps prepare its students for life. A great university has not only provided an excellent educational experience for me, but has also allowed to become a part of something greater than I - a group of educators and students who are striving for the same goal; education which enables students to become productive, contributing members of our American society. Friends University has certainly done all of this for me.

I am presently a junior at Friends and am pursuing a double major: computer science with an emphasis on math and business administration with an emphasis on engineering. The confidence I have gained at Friends is one of the reasons I believed in myself enough to think that I could accomplish this very difficult task. I know that I am being taught by well-trained professionals who want me to succeed as much as I do. I try to show appreciation for their efforts by giving my all...

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This concept of being rewarded for good, hard, and honest work is certainly one of the things I'll always remember about Friends.
One way that I feel that I can give back a small part of what Friends University has fostered in me is to tutor students who need extra help in any parts of their classes which are difficult for them. My tutoring is accomplished within the structure of a work-study program in which I also grade papers for the professors and try to be of help wherever I am needed. I feel that this situation is another avenue of learning. Friends provides me with the opportunity of helping others which is a concept I'll take with me when I leave.

I am completely self-supporting and also have to work part-time at a Best Buy store 15 to 20 hours a week in order to have the money I need for school and all the expenses which come along with it. I know the value of honest work and know that by doing this I am giving myself a strong foundation for the future when I hopefully will be supervising not only myself but others in my employ.

I am a starting guard on the men's varsity basketball team at Friends. Through my participation in athletics, I have learned by watching my coaches and the way they respond to adversity as well as good times. They model the kinds of behavior they want my fellow students and me to have. Being part of a "team" in the academic and athletic arenas at Friends University has taught me principles of leadership and followership which should serve…

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My personal goals are many. When I graduate from Friends in May of 2004, I know that I want to go to Wichita State University to earn a master's degree in engineering. After that, I plan to open an engineering firm and will put the things I've learned at Friends into practice as I interact with various people and also as I become successful enough to hire and supervise other people.

Finally, I want to state that I feel that the entire mood or atmosphere at Friends is so supportive and positive that it actually makes me want to do my best. I have been a member of the NAIA Basketball Academic American Team twice, which was a wonderful honor. Also, using the principles I've learned at Friends, I have learned to be economically responsible to the extent that I saved enough money to purchase my own home last year. I truly feel that none of this would have happened as easily if it weren't for the guidance and sound principles of business which were taught to me at Friends.

In closing, I suppose the highest honor I could give to Friends University is to say that when I do have children, my goal will be to send them to Friends or to another small university with the same values, because the advantages of being at a small university are so supportive and esteeming. I guess that I mean to say, finally, if I had it to do all over again, I'd do it all the same way and choose Friends University.
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