By: Henry N. Kolenky
MONROVIA – As 343 students from six colleges walk out of the walls of Tubman University (TU) in Maryland County today, the baccalaureate speaker of TU’s 11th graduation class, Dr. Rev. Dr. Alvin E. Attah, who is also President of the African Methodist University, has admonished the prospective graduates to move through life with a specific purpose of stocktaking by means of accounting for the days spent in achieving their goals and purpose in life which leads them to leaving indelible footprints in the sands of time.
Speaking Monday during the tertiary institution’s baccalaureate service on the theme: “Leaving Footprint Behind” from Ecclesiastics 3:1-8, Rev. Attah said making one’s days to count should be a guiding principle for all who aim to succeed in life, whether at a job site, community, family or academic setting.
Dr. Attah further disclosed that the world spins around numbers, therefore the prospective graduates should be guided by the number of times that they clock into whatever they do to be successful because success itself is measured by numbers, whether in terms of one’s bank account, educational or political accomplishments. He said numbering one’s days must be achieved by the intervention of God, cautioning the students to always pray for wisdom to guide their actions.
The guest speaker challenged the students to follow the footprints of Dr. Elizabeth Davis Russel who returned to Liberia after the civil war and rebuilt the Tubman Technical College, transforming it to a full-fledged university that is now producing the future leaders of Liberia.
Rev. Attah cautioned the prospective graduates not to envy anyone for their success because life itself is like a popcorn that pops one after the other, and everyone’s life will pop at the appropriate time.
Meanwhile the President of Tubman University, Dr. Olu Q. Menjay, encouraged the students to invest in brain prestige and good moral standing instead of going the other way round by investing in triviality that will bring no success to the university and their academic endeavors.
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