1086-06 AdviceBook.indd - Ohio University Alumni Association

Once you’re out of college don’t feel rushed to do anything right away. There are
plenty of options and plenty of time to do anything you’d like to. Remember this: once
you have a full time job you’re not going to have a chance to travel to Europe or be a
ski instructor in Colorado or take a three week post graduation trip with your friends or
anything else that in 20 years you will wish you WOULD HAVE done. Do it now.
Best of luck in the future and don’t ever forget the great times at Ohio U.
Justin Feldkamp, BSJ ’05, Radio-TV News
Sports Anchor
See the world, take advantage of opportunities and experiences at the
time in your life when you have no major responsibilities, never carry a
large balance on a credit card, start a savings account and contribute to
it regularly, always send a thank you note no matter what the gift or favor,
pay attention to what your gut is telling you as it is usually right and as hard
as it may sometimes be, always always take the high road.
Wendi S. Berger, BSC ’88, Telecommunications
Associate Publisher, Beauty, Elle
bergerdeluxe@hotmail.com
It’s easy to spot the freshmen and newcomers to the Ohio University campus; they
instinctively look both ways when crossing Court Street, a one-way street. Twenty-fi ve
years later when visiting campus I still look both ways, a good general rule of thumb.
There are always two ways to look at any issue, philosophy or argument. Robert Frost,
the great American poet, when visiting Ohio University’s campus in 1938 said that
“college was a place where we lose our little-mindedness.” In life always look both
ways, and keep an open mind.
Michael A. Massa, J.D., BSC ’82, Organizational Communications
Columbus, Ohio
michaelmassa@msn.com
614-204-3770
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