"Your core values will enable you not only to live with change, but to thrive in it. To me, those values, along with what you learn here at BU, hold the key to success no matter what you do in life. That and remembering every single thing you do in the pursuit of your career from this day forward -- whether it's boldly leaping into an untested medium, getting into business with overdeveloped bruisers or yay, even cleaning up dog poop -- are all are an opportunity to learn and grow." -- NBCUniveral chairman Bonnie Hammer's (CGS '69, COM '71, SED '75) advice to the Class of 2009: