Graduating senior Sarah Olson addresses classmates at winter 2011 commencement

Winter 2011 commencement’s student speaker was graduating senior Sarah Olson, who received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with two concentrations: International Business and Management Information Systems. A Langley native and graduate of South Whidbey High School, Olson talked to her fellow graduates about the importance of finding their passions.

“Life is too short to neglect our passions,” she says. “Sometimes we need to push everything else aside and ask ourselves, ‘Will this make me truly happy?’”

Approximately 530 undergraduates and 30 master’s candidates received degrees winter quarter.