Angela Fllynn and Judith Hinds, you and many others in the graduating class have chosen careers in support services. You are stakeholders in both your careers and in the businesses you work for. And you'll have a profound influence on both. That influence can be seen in the workings of a physics term that was made popular in the Jurassic Park movie. The idea is that individuals can have a dramatic effect on what the future looks like.
Individuals can make a difference.
Some forms of influence occur on a personal level. I've never told this story before, but I was nearly kicked out of school. It happened at a very conservative Southern college in the late sixties. I was doing well. In fact, I had been asked to be in charge of orientation for all incoming freshman the next year.