Just as LDS Business College is on the move, so are the 336 members of its Class of 2006.

Thursday's commencement exercises — the college's 119th — marked the final such ceremony for students at the Mansion Campus. This summer, the college will move from its home of more than 40 years to the Triad Campus a few blocks west.

With a brief, cleansing rain pouring outside Assembly Hall on Temple Square, President Stephen K. Woodhouse spoke about how the college had helped prepare and cleanse students for their future, including "learning to understand your true potential and living true to that understanding."

"Your future contribution will be determined, in large measure, by your preparation, and by the level of your determination. There will be some along the way who say that there are all these things that you cannot do. You may even listen to that false inner voice that will try to discourage you. We hope you have come to understand that how much you learn is directly affected by your attitude," he said.

"In the end, attitude is completely up to you. Be positive. Faith is born out of positive thinking. Negative attitudes are an enemy to learning and should be avoided at all costs. The greater heed you give them, the more you limit your future potential."

Woodhouse said many students enter the college discounting their abilities and potential, believing only others can achieve greatness.

"We have worked not only to teach you the mechanics of your profession, but to give you the confidence you need to make a lasting contribution. We have watched with delight as you have cleansed yourself of false ideas that limit your potential. You know that finding your particular contribution is not always an easy process. Sometimes it takes years of effort as you re-evaluate and reset your goals, but if you begin with the premise that you have a unique contribution to make and that heaven will help you discover what that contribution should be, then the Lord will use you in a way that will bless others and bring you joy."

The college president also spoke about the class' "collective goodness."

"The purpose of this institution is to add to that goodness that you might rid yourselves of false notions and more fully prepare for the future," he told the group.

Elder Yoshihiko Kikuchi of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which owns the college, spoke of the greatness of the United States and graduates' place in it.

"Since you are now graduated from this wonderful institution, I would encourage you to look at the larger picture and personally determine to be an exceptional instrument in returning the great values and virtues back to this nation . . . which your forefathers dreamed would be yours," Kikuchi said.