"With "Move-In Day" madness behind them, first-year Carnegie Mellon students recently sat down in small groups with faculty and staff to share their reflections on "The Last Lecture."
Prior to their arrival on campus, all incoming students were sent a copy of the New York Times bestselling book based on Randy Pausch's now-famous talk. Reading the book was a first assignment of sorts — aimed at inspiring them to live the life of their dreams. .... "
More at CMU website.
On the fifth day of CMU Orientation, the Convocation was held. For the last time until Graduation, the 1440+ CMU Class of 2012 members were officially welcomed by the CMU President Dr. Jared Cohen. On this 80+ Fahrenheit day, I sat and just thought about the words of Dr. Randy Pausch (who wanted to be the Keynote Speaker today, instead The Last Lecture co-author CMU alumnus Jeffrey Zaslow (H&SS, 1980) delivered the keynote) and how fortunate I am to be in CMU. And where else do you have the bagpiping band welcoming you to college!
I finally saw Carnegie Mellon University's Dr. Randy Pausch's "The Last Lecture" last night. I heard about Dr. Pausch and his last lecture last year (that was delivered on September 18, 2007), even before I applied to Carnegie Mellon University and wanted to see it since a lot of publicity was involved around it. Last night I finally got the time to sit down and see it. His lecture divided into his childhood dreams, enabling others' dreams, and lessons learned from all of this was touching and motivational. In less than 90 minutes, Dr. Pausch brought out the ways to live and lead your life. His lecture was moving and I am glad that I am going to a place like CMU where great professors like Dr. Pausch teach. Hopefully I will also get a chance to meet him and maybe enroll in the pioneering course, Building Virtual Worlds, he started there.
