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Hi, I'm Sandeep Gupta. I graduated in 1994 from Rice and I was at Wiess College. Um, two things that, uh, I wish I had had done was that and, and I believe, uh, current studentss, uh, don't, don't utilize to full potential is as the resources available

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to them. Um, that could be talking with and creating relationships with your RA, with your magisters with your teachers and also students from other colleges. You know, sometimes we may feel like just, uh, being in our room behind a door and, and not getting involved,

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but that is one of the most critical things we can do while we were at Rice. And, um, and it's, it's a, it's these relationships that you can carry forward and sometimes you may not see someone for today today. I met someone I hadn't seen for

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30 years and, and, uh, and coincidentally he lives about four miles from me in Austin. So, um, so it's, we're gonna meet up when we're back in Austin and, um, and, uh, just chat about our families and, and, and, and, and perhaps even, uh, work on

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some projects together. So, um, so it's very important to do that. And also the, the university uh has so many resources uh and on and for each student, uh we, we are able to, or if the university is able to uh provide to each student that

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uh again are just, just underutilized. Uh Some of my fondest memories are going to the going to a music concert, something that I hadn't been uh been uh particularly fond of growing up. But when, when coming to rise, a couple of me and my friends wanted

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to go to the concert, we went to some sports games and uh and those are, are fond memories uh to this day, the other thing I was gonna talk about is is utilizing and staying in touch after graduating. And, and personally, I, I, for the first

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five years after Rice, I didn't, didn't do too much with rice. But after that, I started giving back, paying it forward and doing interviews for undergraduates and also getting involved with the alumni associations and um you know, locally and in Austin, we have, we have quite

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a few uh that, that we can utilize, but they're all around the world. And um they're a great way to stay in touch with the university and also to uh to build careers and, and maintain friendships. And um and I wish you all well in your

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endeavors at Rice and, and beyond.