{"id":30772,"date":"2023-04-20T18:48:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=30772"},"modified":"2025-05-07T18:11:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:11:23","slug":"message-to-the-class-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/commencement\/richard-b-handler-83\/message-to-the-class-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Message to the Class of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":30742,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30772","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"","display_title":"Message to the Class of 2023","subtitle":"Richard B. Handler \u201983 shares reflections, hard-earned insights, and practical advice\u2014from his college days to the C-suite\u2014to guide the Class of 2023 as you embark on life\u2019s next chapter.","call_to_action":{"title":"Read his bio","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/commencement\/class-of-2023\/richard-b-handler-83\/","target":""},"hero_image_placement":"right_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_image_landing":30972,"hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"mt-0 pt-0","title":"","content":"Today, I have the honor of addressing the 2023 Graduating Class from the University of Rochester. It feels like yesterday I was sitting in your exact graduation seats with the same hopes, dreams and aspirations. Since then, I have given some reflection on the things I know today that I wish I knew the day I received my newly minted degree from the University of Rochester. I share this list with the hope that perhaps one idea will resonate with just one graduate and it will give her or him some perspective as they begin their next phase of life\u2019s adventure.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2WRbtW9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me After College And Before I Entered The Real World<\/a>\r\n\r\nFor those of you with younger siblings, I\u2019m also including the list I gave to my four college-bound children that resulted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3D6OFFY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Went To College.<\/a>\r\n\r\nWishing all graduates from every school the very best as they navigate their future,\r\n\r\n<strong>RICH HANDLER<\/strong>\r\nChair of the Board of Trustees, 糖心传媒\r\nCEO, Jefferies Financial Group\r\n<a href=\"mailto:rhandler@jefferies.com\"><strong>rhandler@jefferies.com<\/strong><\/a>\r\nPronouns: he, him, his\r\n@handlerrich\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HandlerRich\"><strong>X \/ Twitter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/handlerrich\/\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a>","background_color":"#ffffff","width":"width-medium"}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Message to the Class of 2023 - Commencement Weekend<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/commencement\/richard-b-handler-83\/message-to-the-class-of-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Message to the Class of 2023 - Commencement Weekend\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/commencement\/richard-b-handler-83\/message-to-the-class-of-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commencement Weekend\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-07T18:11:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/URochester-Link-Preview-Commencement.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/commencement\\\/richard-b-handler-83\\\/message-to-the-class-of-2023\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/commencement\\\/richard-b-handler-83\\\/message-to-the-class-of-2023\\\/\",\"name\":\"Message to the Class of 2023 - Commencement Weekend\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/commencement\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-20T18:48:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-07T18:11:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/commencement\\\/richard-b-handler-83\\\/message-to-the-class-of-2023\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/commencement\\\/richard-b-handler-83\\\/message-to-the-class-of-2023\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/commencement\\\/richard-b-handler-83\\\/message-to-the-class-of-2023\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/commencement\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Richard B. 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