>> Temple undergrad in the '60s was a place where many students were either immigrants
or children of immigrants who had come here after World War II.
And so, there was an immense diversity.
And people were open to discussion at least when I was here.
It was a very, very active -- there were active discussion groups going on all the time
on the grass on a nice spring day or at Mendenhall cafeteria.
And I think those discussions got me to understand many, many different perspectives.
That was very valuable, a valuable skillset to take with me as I went across the country
as a senior executive for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Because part of any job is listening to people
and really understanding what they are interested in, what their viewpoint is.
So I would say learn to be open to different people from various backgrounds.
Try to understand their perspective and see how your perspective
and their perspective can achieve common goals.