Last Saturday was Bowie State University’s Commencement, an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the years of hard work my students invested in their futures. I’m a professor of finance so I often see a financial a correlation in things and that is why I think of graduation as when I am generously paid dividends on my investment in my students. Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to see them stride across that stage, diplomas in hand. That Bachelor of Science or Master in Business Administration is what I work toward with each and every student I teach and there is no financial measure for the pride I have in my students’ achievements.

Congratulations Class of 2015 and thank you for such a great return on our investment in each other.