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Hi, my name's Rob LaVohn and I am a 1992 graduate of Wiess College and the Rice tradition that has been the most meaningful to me, um, is probably, uh, the marching owl band. It is, uh, was something I was tremendously excited about, uh, to be, uh,

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a part of. And, uh, I think that, um, having the opportunity to go to Notre Dame was, um, uh, my freshman year was a tremendous experience for someone who grew up in a very small town. And, uh, having that experience was, uh, um, one of my

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most favorite memories from my freshman year. Uh, if I could squeeze in one other one, it would have to be, uh, performing in Hello Hamlet at, uh, we tabletop my senior year where, uh, I was part of the vaudeville team of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. And, uh,

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that was a really special experience. But, uh, one thing that made it even more special was that when my, uh, son was at, at Rice, at, at Wiess College as a freshman, he got to perform in that year's production of Hello Hamlet. And that's something special

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that we'll always share. So, um, it has been uh an honor to be a part of the Rice community. And uh to start the, let's be honest, we can't get a million fans for Rice Facebook group and so many other things that I could remember. But

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between the Mob and Hello Hamlet, I will always have those special ties to Rice.