“I’ll be back.”

Two years ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger reiterated the famous phrase during a speech at Georgetown. Last night, he kept his promise. The California Governor offered influential words to a community of business leaders at a dinner event celebrating the new Rafik B. Hariri Building of the McDonough School of Business.

George Daly, Dean of the MSB, presented the Georgetown dad with the school’s Dean’s Medal in honor of Schwarzenegger’s leadership in entertainment, athletics, and public policy.

Daly commemorated Schwarzenegger as someone who has “represented the best qualities of the American national character.” The Governor, who holds a business degree from the University of Wisconsin, acknowledged his belief in a “business aspect to everything.” He attributes the success of his career to his affinity for entrepreneurship.

Reflecting on his body building career, he recalled, “While I was pumping iron, they [the business leaders] were pumping their wallets.” Thus, his self-marketed career began. According to Schwarzenegger, refined marketing and promotional skills serve as the key elements to successful business. His “30 Cities in 30 Days” book tour as a body builder and dedication to international promotion as an actor facilitated his phenomenal achievements.

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Yaya Chang entered her first semester at Georgetown this August with much more than a high school degree under her belt.

Chang’s recent book, Hidden Behind Innocence, reveals her traumatic account of being sexually abused at 12 by her 26-year-old martial arts instructor, according to a recent article in American-Statesman.

The years immediately following Chang’s experience consisted of a painful recovery process. After her family moved from Austin to Bastrop County, Texas,  Chang stayed at home for what would have been her first two years of high school.

Mental and emotional healing came slowly; she spent about a year interning at the Travis County district attorney’s office in the victim witness division, where she would sometimes sit in on meetings with sexually victimized women.

Chang received legal justice in 2006. Her abuser, Lorens San Pedro, was sentenced to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony. Her family filed two separate cases against the Austin-based martial arts school and Pedro individually, emerging with a monetary award in damages from Pedro.

If she receives the money, Chang, now 20, plans on using it to create a non-profit group dedicated to helping people or animals.  Already a published author, Chang is working on a second book about ethics.