{"id":52464,"date":"2024-12-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=52464"},"modified":"2024-12-16T08:10:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T14:10:08","slug":"carter-to-deliver-tarleton-states-friday-morning-commencement-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/carter-to-deliver-tarleton-states-friday-morning-commencement-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Carter To Deliver Tarleton State\u2019s Friday Morning Commencement Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Shaylin Carter will emphasize the importance of \u201cremembering the now\u201d when she addresses her fellow Tarleton State University December graduates at the 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13 commencement exercises at Memorial Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe, as students, are naturally looking forward,\u201d said Carter, who will be awarded a bachelor\u2019s degree in digital media studies. \u201cClass assignments, first jobs, even graduation. We need to focus on the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carter, a graduate of Saginaw High School, began her college career at Oklahoma State University where she studied graphic design. After her first year, she realized the larger school environment was not for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the bigger school it was a lot easier to be forgotten because there were so many people there,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t feel like I had a place there. Here, my actions meant something. I was able to leave a mark at Tarleton.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before deciding to switch schools, she did her research to find a program that was exactly right for her. That\u2019s how she wound up at Tarleton State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was big enough to have great programs, but class sizes were smaller, so I got more attention from my professors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She became heavily involved on campus, joining the Latter-day Saints Student Association, Phi Mu Sorority and Tarleton Esports while studying in the university\u2019s Honors College. She won the Fine Arts Department juried art award, was named the College of Liberal and Fine Arts Outstanding Graduate Student and served as a Resident Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her capstone project was a first-person psychological escape room video game she designed in which she researched how video game designers might actually use fear in a positive way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve done a ton of research since I\u2019ve been here on the psychology of video games and how we can improve,\u201d she said. \u201cHow we can make them better, overall, for the future. I hope to get into a grad program where I can do more research in that area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As graduation looms, Carter is actively looking for a master\u2019s program in video game development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before she moves on, she wants her commencement audience to take to heart the lessons she will share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI really hope they are able to look back on all these things in their time here and take in the really small moments that helped them get to this point,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s so much that happens in these four years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt happens so fast that we tend to forget small conversations we have with our professors \u2014 brief interactions we had that helped us get to this moment. It\u2019s important for us to realize that we all went through this together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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