When I finished my double major in Business Administration and English at Lakeland in 1987, I didn't think I'd be back to being a student there many years later. And yet I am--I started Lakeland's MBA program in 2010 and, if all continues to go well, I'll earn my master's degree in May 2012.

When I graduated with the 125th class in 1987, Tom Brokaw was our commencement speaker. If all goes well, I'll graduate again with the 150th class on May 6. I wonder who the speaker will be?