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Graduation then and now, always a special time

May 19, 2023
May 19, 2023

Jim Woster

Associate Editor

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Regular readers of the Woster column are probably aware of the fact that it takes very little to set in motion my memory machine, which is located somewhere deep in this rapidly deteriorating brain. A spontaneous visit with a former customer-friend at a fair, ball game or post-funeral luncheon would be examples. I bring this up because an annual “memory in motion” catalyst would be graduation time.

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Jim is associate editor of Tri-State Neighbor and also works with the SDSU Alumni Foundation.

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