If I Knew Then...

Skule Alumni share their advice and best wishes with the 2T2 graduating classes.

 

We asked alumni "What wisdom or advice would you share with your younger self, if you could travel back in time?"

Read their heartfelt answers below, submitted as a gift to their Skulemates.

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Self-learning

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Name: Murtaza Bohra | Program: Eng Sci – Aerospace | Graduation Year: 1T2 | The most important thing I got out of my education was the ability to educate myself. […]

YOU CAN DO IT

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Name: Frank Frantisak | Program: Engineering | Graduation Year: 0T9 Honorary Degree Holder| This is one the most important points of your life – graduating after all of your very […]

There is a tide in the affairs of human beings

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Name: Marc Couturier | Program: Chemical Engineering | Graduation Year: 7T8 | …Shakespeare wrote ‘men’ so I modernized my title 🙂 “There is a tide in the affairs of men, […]

Fear no one, fear nothing!!

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Name: Horst Helbig | Program: Geological | Graduation Year: 7T3 | Do not ever think twice about doing something that hasn’t been done before. Let criticism roll off your back, […]

Self Care

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Name: Linda Gowman | Program: Mech Eng | Graduation Year: 8T7 | Always make time to look after yourself- enough sleep, good food, and exercise. NO ONE will thank you […]

Rules to Live By

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Name: Roger W Jacobs | Program: Industrial Engineering | Graduation Year: 6T4 | 1. Work hard at everything you do 2. Act with Integrity 3. Treat everyone with respect 4. […]

Importance of seeking out for help

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Name: Ashraful Khan | Program: Mechanical Engineering – BASc and MEng | Graduation Year: 1T5 PEY | I finished my undergrad in 2016 and completed Master this year. So technically […]

Run to the Future

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Name: Joseph Yao | Program: M.ENG | Graduation Year: 8T1 | New Graduates, Congratulations! One of the best pieces of advice I got when I started working was to read […]

Be positive and honest

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Name: Mehdi Emami Far | Program: M.Eng | Graduation Year: 1T3 | Learn and understand deeply your courses were not for marks. Find a job that you are happy with…Work […]

A Bright Future

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Name: Tony Huynh | Program: Electrical Engineering | Graduation Year: 8T7 | Graduating from school and stepping into the real world is one of the major turning points in one’s […]