Work Hard and Enjoy It
I am writing this blog to the new crop of CICS students. My message is simple and clear. Get everything out of CICS you can. Before you know it your time here will be over. This is an opportunity for you to better yourself and to prepare yourself for what the future holds. One truth that seems simple, but one that is important, is that you will get out of CICS what you put into it.
I know that many of you have heard these things before, but take it from a fellow student. The experiences such as the Accenture Challenge and the group projects are experiences that will train you to become a professional (regardless of the field you choose). You will look back once your time here has ended and realize that these projects were true learning and growing experiences.
As many of you probably have figured out, I am graduating here in a few weeks. I want this blog to say two things, first of which I mentioned above, but second I want to say thank you to all the individuals (both students and professors) who worked so closely with me during the past year and half. Remember that we are the face of CICS, when we go out into the workforce practice the CICS values, especially the first and last: Integrity and Results. Produce results with integrity.