Graduation Posted December 11, 2004 at 12:00 am

I’m now an official graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Perhaps unsurprisingly, commencement at Georgia Tech wasn’t that much different than commencement at ASMS. It did feel quite a bit more impersonal, though; I only recognized a handful of people from a graduating class of hundreds. John Salley, former NBA national champion and Georgia Tech alumnus, started the event off with a lively and entertaining address, and then we all filed across the stage to shake hands with Wayne Clough, president of the school, and receive a diploma placeholder that proved to be just a picture of the Tech Tower. (I’m told that we will receive our real diplomas in the mail.) It was a very brief moment of glory.

After the ceremony, I joined family for another enjoyable meal at The Vortex on Peachtree Street. We parted ways after lunch, and I returned to my apartment to begin my career (suitably brief, I hope) as an unemployed college graduate.