Graduation

So after nine long years I am finally receiving my degree. I know what you are thinking “Nine years, wow, must be a Ph.D., um, not so much. This Friday evening I will be conferred a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Organizational Leadership by the faculty of Biola University. Now I know what you are thinking, “Organizational Leadership, isn’t that between “Get your G.E.D. and TV & VCR repair on the list of courses offered by DeVry?” Well actually no, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the major it is multi-disciplinary program that focuses on values based leadership. I studied organizational relationships, effective decision making process, ethics, information technology, and communication. A good way to think of it is that this is a business degree that focuses more on people and organization issues instead of finances, and marketing. Recently the degree has become more popular because the degree stresses ethical organizational leadership; something that we can see has been missing from corporate America.

Friday evening I join the college degree elite, and start paying back students loans, fun. I am glad I am receiving my degree from Biola, the school I started with. It not only saves on paperwork, but I really enjoyed the Bible classes. Looking back at my early days I really regret that I didn’t take advantage of the Bible classes I had. I really had a chance to learn from some leading minds in the Christian university community and I seemed to have squandered it.

My next steps in terms of education are not so clear right now. Amy hopes to begin her studies at Cal State Bakersfield this fall; so much of our family resources will go in that direction. I do wish to get another degree at some point. Biola offers a degree in Christian Apologetics that seems fascinating, and can be done in a distance learning modular format. That would be exciting. Also, I have been thinking about a MBA from Cal State Northridge, something that might help me in the business arena depending on what direction I go. So we shall see, I make no plans, but only try to guess where the Lord will take me.