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Kermit Lancaster. I graduated with a Bachelor's in 1977 and a masters of engineering in 1978 and a proud member of Wiess College. And some of the things that I remember most about, um, uh my time at Rice, I remember at, uh, at Wiess the Friday afternoons

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when we had come back, somebody would set up the speakers outside of, um, outside of the room, point them to the acabowl, uh crank up the music and, and uh students would come in from their classes lounge around in the acabowl, throwing around frisbee.

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Sometimes there'd be a keg or two out there and it was just a great way to, to wind up the, um uh the week. Um as far as um um advice, one of the things that I remember most about my time at, uh at Rice was

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the, the college system and, and the way that, that afforded uh the opportunity for getting involved. Um I did, I um, was in the college cabinet, the college court. I was a freshman advisor. I was on the Beer Bike team, um, and uh, coach one year.

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Um I ran the um, um, the dark room at Wiess College, uh, for a year. Um, I was, I was a treasurer for a year managing a, um, um, a sizable, uh, budget and that was, it was, it was a great way to, for me to,

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uh, to, to gain experience, real world experience and, um, and, and just doing all sorts of things. Um, the college, the residential college system at Rice I think is, is one of the um one of the, one of the great assets of the school. And I

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would, I would just very much encourage everyone to who comes to Rice as an undergraduate to jump in and get involved at, at some level, um uh join a group, join a club, um uh be responsible for something and um have fun, learn and, and help

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out your uh the rest of your community.