2019 Commencement Countdown Paige Shippie Video Transcript
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My name is Paige Shippie.
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I came to Endicott in the year 2012
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and pursued an undergraduate degree
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in English and creative writing and
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an art studio minor.
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I went into the workforce and hated it.
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I wasn't meant to be there.
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Meanwhile, I had always worked jobs
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in hospitality ever since I was
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14 years old.
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Throughout it all, I realized I had
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a passion for hospitality and
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I wanted to go back to school.
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I couldn't think of a better school
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to go back to than Endicott.
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They really push me along to
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even study abroad at
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Les Roches, Switzerland
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and that is one the best
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hospitality management schools
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in the world.
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I never really felt as passionate in
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the workforce as now I do with
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the perspective that I have.
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I can actually apply things that I
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learned in my classroom or
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worked on projects for
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to things that I will be doing
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in hospitality management
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and especially with the internship
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Endicott has to offer.
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You know when I walk
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across that stage,
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it's going to be,
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'Wow, I earned a lot.'
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It has been a whirlwind of a journey.
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If I were to look back at myself
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two years from now or
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even more, I wouldn't really recognize
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the person I've become or
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the person I was and I've become
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somebody completely different but
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in a really great way and I knew
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I had it in me but you just kind of
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need the right circumstances in life
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to kind of push you forward,
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good and bad, but
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everything shapes you.