NIELS-ERIK ANDREASEN
Andrews University President
Attending a university is much about making promises
and keeping them. Those of you who are completing your
studies this year will have kept a promise you made to
Andrews years ago, and Andrews will have kept a promise
it made to you at the same time. So you will graduate,
and | want to be the first to congratulate you. For those of
you who will continue next year, may | remind you that the
entire university bulletin is a book of promises to students
that if you meet the degree requirements listed there, the
university will graduate you. It is a promise we will keep, if
you keep yours.
The world is full of broken promises so it is a good thing to
begin life by keeping some, right here at Andrews. | hope
you will think about that in your new position, or summer
job, or in the graduate program you hope to begin, or in
any personal relationship you seek. “I promise” are two
powerful words if we take them seriously.
So, | recommend that you keep making promises to your
family and friends, your fellow students, work mates,
neighbors, and God —promises you can keep. Promises
protect, they make life secure, take away fear and bring
comfort. Naturally, the more we have learned about things
and each other, the better our promises can be, and you
are learning a lot here. So make good promises to those
around you—and keep them. That is what God would like
you to promise Him.