Editor’s Note: This is our second graduation speech from one of the graduate school convocation speaker finalists. (Check out the first one here.)

A dozen Eccles School graduate students auditioned to deliver the 2015 graduation address, but we only had room for one on the convocation program.

So, rather than turn everyone away empty-handed, we offered to have students give their speech for posterity’s sake and share them online.

Here, Eric Troff shares his graduation speech and thoughts about his Eccles experience.

Thanks, Eric, and congratulations!