While I was perusing the Wright State website I came across their mission statement. The Wright State mission statement simply states: We transform the lives of our students and communities we serve. That's it, that's Wright State's mission - to transform our lives and the the community around us. Isn't that our goal when we get out of the public history program, to transform the lives of our museum and/or archive visitors/students? And while transforming the lives of the patrons of our museums, we would in turn be transforming the communities our museum serves? That's my goal, my mission when I graduate, in 2016ish, more like 2017 most likely, but that's not the point. The point is, for me and my goals, I am on the same page as Wright State. Wright State is going to put us on a path of success, I can feel it. I've worked a long time in boring, unfulfilling positions and I have never been that excited to go to work. I'm thrilled to be in graduate school, I'm thrilled to be studying something that excites me and something that I actually like. I love Monday and Thursday evenings because those are my class nights. I can't wait to graduate and start a new career, a new chapter in this book of life. The possibilities are endless if we put our minds to it and are open to change. I'm excited about the challenges that lie ahead of me; the first few years after graduation will be learning how to apply what we've learned (and will learn) in graduate school to our daily tasks at work and hopefully we can start transforming lives as soon as we graduate. I don't know where I will end up or where I will even start to look for a job when the time comes, but I know that I've never been more excited about the future as I am now. I know for sure that Wright State's mission has been fulfilled in me, I have definitely been transformed since starting taking graduate classes!
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