For sure, it won't always have the warmth you've shared with the Dickinson faculty and students. But you will succeed because of what you've gained at this college. Today, as you leave the comfort of Old West, there are three words I would like to share with you - three words that may help you just a bit on your exciting journey. They are invention , involvement , and investment . Let's start with invention.
Inventions change our lives, and shape our destinies.
From the wheel to the nail, the printing press to the cotton gin, the skyscraper to the space station, the pace of invention moves forward at an unbelievable rate. The U.S. Patent Office now receives almost a quarter of a million applications a year. But whether or not any of you ever file a patent, that spirit of invention lives in each of us. Invention is looking at the world with your eyes wide open. It's doing something that's never been done in quite the way you can do it.