{"id":1238,"date":"2015-09-04T14:53:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T14:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/magazine\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2023-05-24T17:57:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T17:57:07","slug":"alumni-define-wabash-roi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/magazine\/2015\/09\/04\/alumni-define-wabash-roi\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Define Wabash ROI"},"content":{"rendered":"

In March 2015,\u00a0PayScale.com<\/em>\u00a0ranked Wabash\u00a050th out of 1,223 colleges\u00a0and universities offering the best \u201creturn on investment\u201d (ROI) in higher education.\u00a0The survey measured the\u00a0average compensation of graduates in their 20th year\u00a0after Commencement and found that Wabash alumni can expect to earn\u00a0at least $597,000 more than a high school graduate during those 20 years.<\/p>\n

Wabash also ranked third out of all national liberal arts colleges, which was\u00a0great news.<\/p>\n

But \u201creturn\u201d by\u00a0PayScale.com<\/em>\u2019s definition was limited to dollars and cents.<\/p>\n

We wondered how alumni would define their return on investment, so\u00a0we asked Wabash men from a range of professions and across generations:<\/p>\n

How would you describe your \u201creturn on investment\u201d from your\u00a0Wabash education?<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are some of their responses and stories:<\/p>\n

EF-5 in Greensburg<\/strong><\/h3>\n

My ROI from Wabash goes back to the College\u2019s mission statement: \u201cWabash College educates men to think critically, act responsibly,\u00a0lead effectively, and live humanely.\u201d I know it\u2019s a clich\u00e9 to say that,\u00a0but I have had to do all of those things in emergency management.<\/strong>
\n\u2014AJ Lyman \u201905,\u00a0Emergency Management Specialist, Denver, CO<\/em><\/p>\n

\"greensburg<\/a>In 2007 after an EF-5\u00a0tornado destroyed Greensburg, KS, my team of 30 responders was staying in tents. In the middle of the night we got word that there was another tornado headed our way, so we had to evacuate the tent city and take shelter in the basement of the severely\u00a0damaged high school.<\/p>\n

I was the first one out of my rack and made sure\u00a0I knew where all of my 30 people were within moments. Then I made sure everyone was safe and sound in the shelter before I even had a chance to\u00a0stop and think about my own safety.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when I realized the work I was doing was\u00a0not about me. I had a responsibility to these people\u00a0I cared about, and their loved ones, to ensure that\u00a0they were safe even in a very dangerous situation.<\/p>\n

I also had a responsibility to the residents of Greensburg to help them recover from this disaster.<\/p>\n

It had become second nature to me\u2014not in a Superman or bravado sort of way. I just knew I was\u00a0the guy in charge; I knew what needed to be done.<\/p>\n

I had been with my team for some time and\u00a0they respected my ability to keep a level head, so in an emergency there were no questions\u2014just action.<\/p>\n

No one got hurt. We were able to respond to the new damage right away. I marked that experience down as a win.<\/p>\n

It was only much later that I realized that Wabash was where I developed the tools to be able to handle the stress and make the right decisions in situations like that.\u2014AJ Lyman \u201905<\/em><\/p>\n

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David Woessner \u201901<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wabash allowed you to lead.<\/strong>
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\u2014David Woessner \u201901,\u00a0General Manager,\u00a0Local Motors, Detroit, MI
\n<\/em>In high school I didn\u2019t have to study, but when I came to Wabash, from day one, I was working. I still have that work ethic.<\/p>\n

Part of it was the MXI [Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies], and Horace Turner, Coach Rob Johnson, and participating in sports. And while wasn\u2019t one particular class that did this, this was true for most of them: You couldn\u2019t just sit there and let knowledge fall over you like a waterfall. You had to interact, contribute.<\/p>\n

Wabash allowed you to lead.<\/p>\n

My education gave me the ability to go confidently into multiple fields, multiple scenarios. I succeeded in corporate America, in small business, in starting my own company, and in service and consulting with the Mayor\u2019s Office for the City of Detroit, and now Local Motors, where we\u2019re changing the auto industry.\u2014David Woessner \u2019\u201a1<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cWill You Save Civilization?\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I would choose a different indicator\u2014\u201csocial\u00a0return on investment\u201d\u2014to describe the profound\u00a0yet inestimable extra-financial value I have\u00a0received from my Wabash education.<\/strong>
\n\u2014Mark Dietzen \u201905,\u00a0International Affairs Analyst, Washington, DC,\u00a0<\/em>former Executive Director of Americans for Artsakh<\/em><\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a>
Mark Dietzen with students and fellow teachers in Nagorno Karabakh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After my work with the Armenian people as a member of the Peace Corps, I decided to get involved in development in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. Despite a six-year struggle to secure its independence from Azerbaijan during the eclipse of the Soviet Union, it has yet\u00a0to be recognized internationally.<\/p>\n

The Karabakhi Armenians have withstood great\u00a0challenges and survived against incredible odds.\u00a0Yet, because of its disputed political status, this small, mountainous country has been largely excluded from receiving support from international development organizations.<\/p>\n

Having lived and worked in neighboring Armenia,\u00a0I knew there was a need for development in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. I also understood getting involved there would mean inserting myself into\u00a0one of Eurasia\u2019s most divisive international conflicts.<\/p>\n

While I was making my decision, I remembered Wabash President Andrew Ford\u2019s challenge to my\u00a0class during our Ringing In in 2001: \u201cHow will\u00a0you save civilization?\u201d<\/p>\n

Here was a civilization under threat and it seemed that not enough was being done to protect it. And here was an opportunity to put \u201cliving humanely\u201d\u00a0and \u201cacting responsibly\u201d into action. Wabash teaches us\u2014when we are convinced of the merit of a worthy cause\u2014to have the courage to fight for it, even if that means taking the road less traveled. I chose not to be neutral and silent. I took a stand, and I stand by it.<\/p>\n

My Wabash education was a source of inspiration to take the first step on that journey.\u2014Mark Dietzen \u201905<\/em><\/p>\n

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Comfortable Making the Transitions\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"houston<\/a>
Houston Mills \u201985<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My Wabash education has led to a life-enriching, adventure-filled, thought-leadership driven, high-yield return.<\/strong>
\n\u2014Houston Mills \u201985<\/em>,\u00a0Airline Director of Safety, former director of flight training, UPS, Louisville, KY<\/em><\/p>\n

I came to Wabash from Indianapolis, where I had grown up with a blanket of love around me. Even though our economic circumstances were difficult,\u00a0I didn\u2019t know want. We didn\u2019t judge people by their race, religion, or economic status.<\/p>\n

I was the only African American in Lambda Chi\u2014\u00a0I was exposed to so many different cultures and\u00a0settings at Wabash.<\/p>\n

As a literature major reading so many books,\u00a0I learned how it felt to be in other cultures, other times. I gained empathy and understanding.<\/p>\n

When I graduated I wanted to attend law school,\u00a0so I joined the Marines\u2019 Judge Advocate General\u00a0program. While I was in Officer Candidate School,\u00a0I went to an air show and saw, for the first time,\u00a0a Harrier Jump Jet taking off. When an airplane\u00a0rises straight up, then accelerates to 500 miles per\u00a0hour, that gets your attention! I was intrigued.<\/p>\n

So I entered flight school.<\/p>\n

I was never intimidated. I knew I could assimilate.\u00a0I knew I could learn.<\/p>\n

Looking back on it all, my thought-provoking philosophy classes at Wabash helped me to understand the importance of discovering my passion and living life\u00a0to the fullest. So when I saw that first fighter at the air show, something just clicked, and I felt comfortable making the transition from law to aviation.<\/p>\n

When you\u2019re 18 you don\u2019t come to college thinking about living a life of significance. You\u2019re going to become a doctor or a lawyer. You want to be successful \u2014a significant life isn\u2019t what you\u2019re thinking about.\u00a0But Wabash prepared me to live a successful and\u00a0a significant life.\u2014Houston Mills \u201985<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Ryan<\/a>
Ryan Vaughn \u201900<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is strength in friendships and respect for shared experiences\u00a0at Wabash. You wear this degree like a badge of honor.\u00a0Whether it\u2019s personally or professionally, we enrich each other\u2019s lives.<\/strong>
\n\u2014Ryan Vaughn \u201900,\u00a0President, Indiana Sports Corp., former Chief of Staff for Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, Indianapolis, IN<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cOwn Your Mistakes\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Our education provides us with every tool\u00a0necessary to overcome adversity.
\n<\/strong>\u2014David Bowen \u201999,\u00a0CEO and Managing Director,\u00a0MarketMaker4<\/em><\/p>\n

\"David<\/a>
David Bowen \u201999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once in a company\u00a0I co-founded, a team member of mine made a terrible mistake. He distributed sensitive information from\u00a0one of our clients to an inappropriate audience.<\/p>\n

The client was our most strategic global account (representing a healthy percentage of our total revenue) and our stakeholder had actually approved the communication that carried the sensitive information.<\/p>\n

Rather than making excuses and trying to share\u00a0or pass blame\u2014rather than scheduling a conference call or webinar\u2014I took my colleague who had erred to a face-to-face meeting with the client the next\u00a0morning at 6 a.m. (the soonest they could see us).<\/p>\n

I brought two things with me to the meeting:\u00a0(1) a handwritten apology (which I read to my client); (2) a detailed analysis of how we could prevent such\u00a0a regrettable situation from occurring again\u2014for any\u00a0of our clients.<\/p>\n

I also offered to let our client out of their contract\u00a0but gave them my commitment that we would never\u00a0let them down again. The letter did not contain a single preposition and got straight to the heart of the matter\u2014something Professor Tobey Herzog would have demanded.<\/p>\n

Our willingness to accept full responsibility and \u201cown\u201d our mistake kept the client.<\/p>\n

Tell the truth. Own your mistakes and improve.\u00a0Be a Wabash man.\u2014David Bowen \u201999<\/em><\/p>\n

P.S. The colleague who made the error is still with us.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Rick<\/a>
Rick Gunderman \u201983<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One feature of a Wabash liberal arts education\u00a0is the ability to distinguish between\u00a0small-minded rules and big-hearted principles.
\n<\/strong>\u2014Richard Gunderman \u201983,\u00a0Chancellor\u2019s Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education,\u00a0<\/em>Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies, Indiana University.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Return on the Individual<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

My Wabash education taught me\u00a0to challenge assumptions.<\/strong>
\n\u2014John Ohmer \u201984,\u00a0Rector, Falls Church Episcopal, Falls Church, VA<\/em><\/p>\n

\"John<\/a>
John Ohmer \u201984<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One assumption of a study looking at the \u201cROI\u201d of one\u2019s college education is that the \u201cI\u201d can only stand for \u201cinvestment.\u201d<\/p>\n

What if we were to measure Wabash College\u2019s \u201creturn\u201d with other \u201cI\u201d words? Namely, the return on the individual, his intellect, and his internal growth?<\/p>\n

At Wabash, I gathered in a classroom with six other students for a course on William Blake. There weren\u2019t 300 or even 30 other students\u2014there were seven of us, total. We weren\u2019t all sitting facing the same way in an auditorium with the professor lecturing back to us. Rather, we met at the professor\u2019s home, in his living room, some of us on the couch, some of us in armchairs, and we were facing each other in a circle. And it\u2019s a full professor we were gathered with\u2014not a TA,\u00a0not a grad student, but the PhD full-time, teaching-students-is-my-profession professor.<\/p>\n

And he wasn\u2019t teaching a\u00a0class<\/em>\u2014he was teaching seven individuals, and I was one of them. How do\u00a0you measure that professor\u2019s ROI\u2014his\u00a0 return on the\u00a0individual<\/em>\u2014each time each of his students, for the rest of their lives, takes a thought more seriously or turns
\na phrase more eloquently?<\/p>\n

At Wabash, when I first proposed to write my senior paper on Camus\u2019\u00a0The Plague,\u00a0<\/em>one of my professors told me I should read it in its original French. When I told him \u201cI don\u2019t know any French,\u201d his response was \u201cWell, teach it to yourself, it shouldn\u2019t take you that long.\u201d That professor\u2019s belief in my intellectual ability was nowhere near reality. But the very fact he believed that about me made\u00a0me\u00a0<\/em>believe that about me, at least a little bit, and his statement became a turning point in my life. How do you measure that professor\u2019s ROI\u2014his return on\u00a0intellect<\/em>\u2014when he motivated me to keep challenging myself intellectually every day?<\/p>\n

At Wabash, two other professors\u2014Eric Dean H\u201961\u00a0and William Placher \u201970\u2014turned this sophomore (and quite sophomoric) agnostic\/borderline atheist into a senior interested in ordained ministry. I have been an Episcopal priest now for 20-plus years. How do you measure Dean\u2019s and Placher\u2019s return on the\u00a0internal growth<\/em>\u00a0they\u2019ve helped cause, not just my own, but\u00a0in my parishioners? How do you measure the ripple effect of hope and encouragement on thousands of\u00a0families and communities?<\/p>\n

How do we gauge the ROI of Wabash\u2014the return on this\u00a0individual,\u00a0<\/em>and his\u00a0intellect,<\/em>\u00a0and his\u00a0internal<\/em>\u00a0growth?<\/p>\n

Only with another \u201cI\u201d word: Immeasurable.\u2014John Ohmer \u201984<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Aman<\/a>
Aman Brar \u201999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The liberal arts experience at Wabash set the\u00a0framework for my understanding of the world.<\/strong>
\n\u2014Aman Brar \u201999,\u00a0President, Apparatus, Indianapolis, IN<\/em><\/p>\n

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Confidence to Create\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The joy of working with highly intelligent\u00a0and capable professionals.<\/strong>
\n\u2014Allen Murphy \u201976,\u00a0US Coast Guard Licensed\u00a0Captain, Owner of CaptMurph.com,\u00a0<\/em>Chesapeake Bay, former Director of Orthopedic, Neurology & Neurosurgery ProductsNextGen\u00a0<\/em>Healthcare Information Systems, Misys Healthcare Systems<\/em><\/p>\n

My Wabash experience created a high level of confidence and comfort\u00a0as I worked with physicians and group administrators in physician office computer sales.\u00a0I truly enjoyed my work and the camaraderie with my clients, mostly due to the time and effort spent with Wabash professors and students who taught me the joy of working\u00a0with highly intelligent and capable professionals.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a>
Allen Murphy \u201976<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I retired and spent three years as a yacht\u00a0broker, the industry was very new to me and the details to be learned were a bit overwhelming.\u00a0My Wabash education provided problem-solving skills necessary for me to succeed and enjoy my new career.<\/p>\n

When I was departing on my first long-term, small sailboat cruise, living aboard full-time and planning\u00a0to sail over 1,300 nautical miles singlehandedly,\u00a0I contemplated writing about my experiences.\u00a0My Wabash education gave me the confidence to create\u00a0and build a Web site to share my sailing adventures\u00a0with friends and family.<\/p>\n

A constant in all three of these careers\u2014I could talk with clients or colleagues, find their interests or beliefs very different from my own, yet carry on a meaningful conversation on many topics well outside my areas of experience and expertise.<\/p>\n

But the best part of the Wabash education is the\u00a0bond of community amongst the classmates, faculty,\u00a0and staff.\u00a0More surprising is the immediate bond that occurs when meeting a fellow alum, even when he\u00a0is from a class separated from my own by many years.\u2014Allen Murphy \u201976 (\u201cCaptain Murph\u201d)<\/em><\/p>\n

I consider Wabash the cornerstone\u00a0of my lifelong learning journey.\u2014Sam Milligan \u201968,\u00a0Nephrologist, La Porte, IN<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cA free and ordered space\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The liberal arts are all about the interstices,\u00a0the grey areas. That\u2019s where life is lived.
\n\u2014David Shane \u201970,\u00a0former CEO, LDI Ltd,\u00a0<\/em>former advisor for Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, Indianapolis, IN<\/em><\/p>\n

When I was a student at Duke University Law School, I answered\u00a0a question incorrectly in Professor George Christie\u2019s class. He spun and fired his chalk at me, it exploded, and he said, \u201cShane, when are you going to learn that my job is not to teach you the letter of the law? My job is to help you understand the interstices between the letters of the law. That\u2019s where life is lived.\u2019\u201d<\/div>\n

The liberal arts are all about the interstices, all\u00a0about the grey areas.<\/p>\n

\"David<\/a>
David Shane \u201970<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They are all about getting along when getting\u00a0along is harder rather than easier; all about thinking vertically in terms of improvement, as opposed to\u00a0horizontally as in your rights versus my rights; all about common cause and a general understanding\u00a0of the commonweal as opposed to \u201cme.\u201d<\/p>\n

This builds a tendency to be thoughtful about the other, which is the premise of good ethical engagements.<\/p>\n

To borrow from Bart Giamatti\u2019s book of the same name, liberal arts education creates \u201ca free and ordered space.\u201d Students have the power of freedom, so they understand the consequences of it, they understand the obligations of it, they understand that if it is responsibly exercised in the context of others you can deal with issues much more easily than if you\u2019re on your own. You can build things, build ethical results and increase ethical capacity in yourself and others.\u201d\u2014David Shane \u201970<\/em><\/p>\n

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Pay attention\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

While at Wabash I learned who I was,\u00a0where I fit in the world, and how I wanted to live my life.<\/strong>
\n\u2014Tom Martella \u201971,\u00a0Management Consultant, Washington, DC,\u00a0<\/em>former Director of International Programs, Booz Allen Hamilton, Sao Paolo, Brazil<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Tom<\/a>
Tom Martella \u201971<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In my first job overseas,\u00a0a year out of Wabash, I brashly made a comment\u00a0to the business manager at the Greek school where\u00a0I worked in Thessaloniki.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou Americans are all alike,\u201d he replied. \u201cYou\u00a0come in here, don\u2019t understand us, make all these observations and suggestions. And then you leave. \u00a0And we are here.\u201d<\/p>\n

His rebuke made me reflect on what my Wabash education had been\u2014delving into areas with little knowledge initially, but paying attention to the\u00a0context and allowing true understanding to emerge.<\/p>\n

With my comment to the Greek business manager,\u00a0I had totally missed the context.<\/p>\n

From that point on in Greece and many other places, while I continued to observe, I was much more discreet, respecting the local knowledge residing in those who were there for the duration. And as time passed, by being there with them, day by day, I was able to read
\nthe context to know when and how to participate in their lives and work.\u2014Tom Martella \u201971<\/em><\/p>\n

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Understanding Metaphors<\/strong><\/h3>\n

One of the things I think we do uniquely well\u2014because of the way we structure our teaching and\u00a0our classrooms\u2014is to develop in students\u00a0a sympathetic imagination.
\n\u2014Mauri Ditzler \u201975,\u00a0President, Albion College, former Dean of the College at Wabash<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Mauri<\/a>
Mauri Ditzler \u201975<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Teaching\u00a0students how to integrate knowledge is one way the\u00a0liberal arts creates problem solvers.<\/p>\n

Last fall I heard a speaker offer a great example\u00a0of how integrating disciplines invents knowledge.\u00a0He was a world-renowned researcher in Alzheimer\u2019s and working at an Ivy League institution. He had\u00a0been an English literature major as an undergraduate.<\/p>\n

After the talk, a student said: \u201cYou know, you\u2019ve really got some remarkable ideas. Where does the insight come from?\u201d<\/p>\n

The English major-turned-scientist said, \u201cI understand metaphors better than anyone else in my field, and because I understand metaphors, I can solve\u00a0problems. That\u2019s what makes me a more successful researcher.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s one of the ways that liberal arts graduates think in a way that\u2019s fundamentally different from\u00a0others, and it is based on integrating knowledge\u00a0from one area to the other.\u2014Mauri Ditzler \u201975,\u00a0from \u201cA Bright Future for the Liberal Arts,\u201d 2015 Big\u00a0Bash colloquium session.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A Handshake Over Dinner<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The greatest ROI that I have received from\u00a0my time at Wabash has been the ability to develop\u00a0relationships in work and personal life.<\/strong>
\n\u2014Ryan Thornberry \u201905,\u00a0Director of Operations, Planning, and Purchasing, Yeti Cycles, Golden, CO<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a>
Photo by Joey Schusler, courtesy Yeti Cycles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the product development side of my job at Yeti Cycles, I work closely with Asian manufacturers. These partnerships are key to the success of our company, as they affect everything from speed of delivery to the quality of the end product.<\/p>\n

There are cultural, time and language differences, and we must make sure that we have a strong partnership with our suppliers.<\/p>\n

During our last trip we were working on a new project and we asked for some additional resources in order to keep our project on schedule.\u00a0It was a little out of the norm, but since we have such a strong partnership, the deal was made with a handshake over dinner.<\/p>\n

That is unheard of with most Asian manufacturers. \u00a0\u00a0\u2014Ryan Thornberry \u201905<\/i><\/p>\n

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\"David<\/a>
David Boulware \u201996<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The greatest return may be my ability to write.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The ability to communicate is something that\u2019s not often\u00a0emphasized in a pure science education; scientists and\u00a0doctors tend to be poor communicators.<\/p>\n

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Yet the ability to write well and speak well is essential to\u00a0what I do. You have to be able to communicate your research\u00a0to both a scientific and a general audience, and for that,\u00a0my liberal arts background is invaluable.\u2014David Boulware \u201996,\u00a0Associate Professor, Infectious Disease Physician, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN<\/em><\/p>\n

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I consider Wabash the cornerstone of my lifelong learning journey. \u00a0<\/i><\/h3>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u2014Sam Milligan \u201968,\u00a0Nephrologist,\u00a0La Porte, IN<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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My classical liberal arts training lent itself to a career\u00a0in journalism. Journalism should be recognized for what it is:\u00a0the\u00a0liberal arts in practice.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014Tim Padgett \u201984,\u00a0Americas correspondent, WLRN-Miami Herald News, former Latin America Bureau Chief,<\/em>\u00a0TIME,\u00a0Miami, FL<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tim Padgett \u201984<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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