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Find your purpose and pursue it.

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Professors, mentors, friends, classmates — they’ll inspire you to aspire to more. Mary Wash people are unconventional, big-hearted, open-minded, honorable, compassionate, and passionate. They’re drawn here because each person wants to find their own way to uniquely make an impact. Now, it’s your turn.

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