
โLa vida del estudiante nunca acaba porque la vida es un aprender constante. Mi recomendaciรณn es que sigan estudiando, que sigan indagando, que no acepten una sola opciรณn sino que vean que hay otras opciones, otras soluciones porque precisamente de eso se trata la universidad–es adquirir unos conocimientos pero tambiรฉn es crear esa mente crรญtica, analรญtica, que te ponga a pensar mรกs allรก de lo que โฆ realmente estรก prรณximo a uno y tambiรฉn que vean que lo que uno hace tiene un propรณsito, y todo lo que uno adquiriรณ aquรญ en la universidad le sirva como un ejemplo para aplicarlo a la vida. Yo dirรญa que ese es mi gran consejo, que sigan estudiando, aunque digan, no, ya no quiero estudiar mรกs pero es que la vida es un aprendizaje y el aprendizaje nunca acaba, asรญ que sigan hacia adelante, les deseo mucho รฉxito y que tengan una carrera fructรญfera, llena de tanto รฉxito que cuando yo, por ejemplo, los vea en la televisiรณn o en la prensa, yo diga ese fue mi estudianteโ.
Nadeska Mayens-Robles
Spanish Linguistics Lecturer II
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โImportant things you probably want to think about, or you may have discussed or thought about already–should be career path, then life choices. Also, environment or neighborhood or community you want to live in. So, some of these things you probably thought about already, hopefully. โฆ Maybe planned some of these things out like internships, kind of finding your career path, some of that should be determined by your major. If you havenโt done that yet, you want to wildly scramble to figure out some sort of means of income, โcause normally students you take out debt and then as soon you graduate, unfortunately, the government wants to see you start to pay some of that debt back. So, thatโs where youโre going to need income to feed yourself, and, you know, be able to do things, as well to pay some of your debt back. โฆ Also, higher-level education, so if you donโt have a super concise goal or path in mind, one thing that can be helpful is โฆ graduate degree, masterโs degree because it will push your loan into forbearance while you get higher level education, which may open up new markets and new opportunities. In art, especially in this field, keep making stuff, because literally the day you graduate it gets exponentially harder to make things. As art students of UTRGV, you have facilities and equipment, you have people that care about you. The moment you graduate, not that you are on your own, but youโre kind of on your own. So, finding that motivation โฆ finding materials and different tools, itโs going to be difficult, but you gotta stick to it and you gotta keep making stuff.โ
Alexander Comminos
Art Lecturer I
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โTimes of transition are always both exciting and scary, and I think graduation is particularly so at that time. I think if youโre graduating, that you should take such pride in your accomplishment, pat yourself on the back, give yourself some downtime, because youโve been under tremendous pressure for years to accomplish what youโre accomplishing now. And after youโve been proud of yourself and had some downtime, then when you embark on your new career, I hope it goes beautifully. But, if it doesnโt work out exactly the way you planned, donโt be afraid to acknowledge that and maybe head in a different or unexpected direction.โ
Harriett D. Joseph
History professor
โI think in this day and age of a very competitive job market, it is essential that students go and seek an advanced degree upon graduating with a bachelorโs degree. It will give you a very competitive advantage in the job market and youโll have a higher salary in the long run. Itโll pay off. Those that canโt earn the advanced degree or donโt go into an advance graduate school or professional school, should try to at least seek a career in which they would be happy. โฆ Something where they donโt mind going into work every day because as real life begins, work begins, and it can drain on you.โย
Justin Moore
Chemistry associate professor