1086-06 AdviceBook.indd - Ohio University Alumni Association

Senior Class Council
After dedicating four (or fi ve) years of our lives to Ohio University in the pursuit of friendships,
fun, and knowledge, we must now prepare to leave the comforts of Athens and enter
the so-called real world. Though we’ll be some of the fi rst to tell you, at many moments,
college life was certainly real.
As we begin this next phase, we can all take comfort in the fact that this isn’t new – it’s just
new to us. To date, over 183,000 individuals have graduated from Ohio University and
made the transition from student to alumna.
Bobcat to Bobcat, If I Only Knew Then What I Know Now is a compilation of advice alumni
wished to share with us, the Class of 2006. For some of these alumni graduation was a
half century ago, for others it was just last spring. Nonetheless, they offer the enclosed
advice in the hope that we can learn from it, and that it will help with our transition from
Ohio University to post-college life.
Even though we are leaving college a whole new chapter of our lives is beginning.
Hopefully, many of us will fi nd support, comfort, and memories of OU in the following
pages, and possibly also some wonderful advice to help with our (near) future
endeavors!
We are graduating from a great university and the value of our degree will help open
many doors for us. As alumni we must work to protect the integrity of the Ohio University
diploma.
Good Luck and Congratulations to the graduating class of 2006!
Dedicated to
the class of
2006