I am a First Year Student Teacher this semester and our class has spent the past few days talking about what it means to leave a legacy. What it means to leave your mark at Baker and what it means to make a difference.
So, what do you want your legacy to be?
How do you want to be remembered at Baker University?
What are you doing to make a difference?
Do you want to be known as the student who started the new organization, as the one that never skipped a class, or the student who just sat in the back of class, doing nothing?
As college students, we are given a number of opportunities to try new things and to do things differently.
I’m not saying we should go out and decide to tackle global warming, or world peace, but there is a lot out there that allows college students to make a difference.
A chance to leave a legacy.
A chance to leave our mark on Baker and the Baldwin City community.
A chance to make a difference.
But if we keep doing the same old things over and over and over again, things are never going to change.
Maybe an organization you are involved in has been doing a community service project the same way for years. Have you ever thought about switching it up?
Or what about scrapping the entire thing and trying something new, something that has potential to be totally awesome.
Some students at Baker are leaving their legacy. Members of Baker Serves are leaving their legacy as they prepare for the first Big Event, which is a day committed to community service in the Baldwin City and Douglas County areas.
They are leaving a legacy.
They are leaving their mark on Baker.
They are making a difference on campus.
Leaving your legacy doesn’t mean you have to organize some big event or do something drastic on campus.
Students like sophomore Warren Swenson are leaving their legacies at Baker University. Swenson is finishing up his year as the Baker University Student Senate president. He is the youngest student senate president in at least 16 years.
He is leaving a legacy.
He is leaving his mark on Baker, and he has certainly made a difference this year.
So, are you going to stick with the same old thing, or are you going to reverse it?
Are you going to continue to be the student that sits at the back of the classroom, just getting by?
Are you leaving a legacy at Baker?