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Reprinted from: Green Bay Press-Gazette
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December 17, 2006

CEO gives UW-Green Bay grads tips at commencement

Press-Gazette

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay graduate Mark King has made a career in the golfing industry.

It's what he loves.

Now he wants UWGB graduates to follow his example.

King, a 1981 graduate of UW-Green Bay and now president and chief executive officer of TaylorMade-adidas Golf, said the graduates will get through the difficult times if they love what they do.

"What I've learned in my life is that loving what you do is the only way to go," he said. "Search for what you love. Find what you love and pursue it."

About 380 students were eligible to receive their diplomas at commencement Saturday at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts.

The graduates also received words of encouragement from graduating class speaker Carolina Bacelis, Green Bay. Bacelis described her journey from Mexico to her college graduation.

She urged classmates to remember the people who helped them develop confidence, leadership skills and ability to learn.

"In many ways and at many levels, our experience at UW-Green Bay has built and reinforced connections that are an important part of who we are and who we will become," she said.

And graduates will go forward with degrees from a wide variety of programs.

The five largest programs in the class are:
• Business administration, 16 percent
• Psychology, 9 percent
• Human development, 8 percent
• Elementary education, 8 percent
• Human biology, 6 percent

UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard, who presided over the ceremony, said a diploma is not the most important gift from the university to the graduates. The most valued gift, he said, is the gift of giving back.

By the numbers

20: Age of youngest graduates (three).
30: The average age for master's graduates.
26: The average age for bachelor's graduates.
56: Age of oldest graduates (two).
66: The percentage of bachelor's recipients who are women.
82: The percentage of master's recipients who are women.
379: The number of graduates (362 undergraduate students, 17 graduate students).

Other awards

• The UW-Green Bay Alumni Association's Outstanding Student Award was given to Ellie M. (Roets) Reich. Reich, of Merrill, graduated with highest honors and with a major in history and a minor in education.

• The Chancellor's Award, UW-Green Bay's highest community honor, was presented to Donald F. Harden. Harden spent 25 years at UW-Green Bay as an administrator and faculty member. He completed his academic career in 1994 as UW-Green Bay's associate chancellor, with the rank of full professor.

— University of Wisconsin-Green Bay