Congratulations from SGA

SGA PRESIDENT CHRIS WALKER

Class of 2020 – Congratulations! We celebrate years of hard work, studying, labs, rotations, interviews, and stress. We celebrate friends and colleagues, professors and preceptors, parents and significant others.

Reflecting on our time together, we’ve had our fair share of challenges from late nights studying anatomy - where on the practical it looks nothing like what we’ve seen - and inexplicable lecture hall temperatures. We’ve also had demanding clinical work and grueling hours, complex medicine and surgery and difficult conversations with patients, each other and even ourselves.

I want to leave you with a reminder to be joyful in what you do. Be grateful for the opportunities you have, take a minute to enjoy your personal pursuits, find your sense of joy and cultivate it. Take care of yourself, take care of each other as much as you care for your patients. Reach for what makes you happy and keep it alive and well. I’m proud of each of us. Good luck with everything you set out to do, and always remember that your peers care about you and will always be there for you.

Chris Walker, SGA President