you'll begin making a difference your future starts this weekend at the point that president lofton places your degree in one hand and shakes her other hand. what happens after that? that is up to you. i have some thoughts for you to reflect upon. on april 25, i attended the memorial services because of the explosions in west. the brother of one of the 12 men killed in that explosion talked about his brother's life in --rms of the -- between his datebetween is brother's of birth and his brother's date of death. this is what i want you to do. i want you to think about the dash in your life. they will obviously see your date of birth, and your date of death. more importantly, what will they see in between? i want all of your dashes to be rich. i'm talking about rich with here are some thoughts. make a plan for your future. , lived or execute that plan. strive to become a leader.> serve others. let's dig into the details. along the way, i will try to build in our aggie values. let's talk about planning first. all of us know that without a plan, we do not know where we are going. take an inven