By Erin Rogers '01

On November 6, President Bro Adams spoke to seniors in the Spa, answering questions regarding what seniors can expect after graduation. "You are all going to change professions five or six times," he said. "If you had asked me twenty years ago if I would be a college president I would have laughed."

Adams encouraged seniors to be confident about the future and their Colby education. "What you've done here–gotten a very good liberal arts education–may be a better preparation than you ever anticipated," he said.

While convinced the Class of '01 will succeed in the professional world, Adams challenged students to do more with their lives than work. "I worry," he said, "that all of us and you in particular will be so motivated in your professional lives that you will lose sight of what I call 'the rest of life.'" Doing volunteer work and participating in civic organizations help to build community, Adams said, and he asked seniors to become more involved in these activities.

After fielding questions about parking problems and the removal of cigarettes from campus stores, Adams was asked about his own aspirations for life after Colby. "I think this is it," he said. "I'm 53. I'd like to finish my career here. That's my desire and intention."