More than a million college seniors receive their four-year degrees each year, and as the sound of “Pomp and Circumstance” wafts across campuses this spring, we wanted to know what was on the minds of some of those students – and their professors. At Ball State University we talked with Professor Michael O’Hara, associate dean of the College of Fine Arts, and five seniors who talk about what’s ahead – and what they got from the college experience. (Photo: Ball State University)

Music used in this show:
– 5 Military Marches, Op. 39, “Pomp and Circumstance”: No. 1 in D Major, by Edward Elgar, performed by the New Zealand  Symphony Orchestra
– Happy, by Pharrell Williams
– Goodbye Blue Sky, by Pink Floyd
– Pomp and Circumstance (Golden Oldies Remix), by Edward Elgar, performed by Blue Claw Philharmonic