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Katherine “Kate” Brown
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Lewis & Clark Law School Commencement Address - May 27, 2017
May 27, 2017
Thank you so very much. Good morning everyone and congratulations to our graduates. We are so very proud of you. I am deeply, deeply honored to be here today. Thank you to Dean Jennifer Johnson and the law school administration for inviting me to return home. I loved being a student here. As you graduates have discovered, this is truly a special place, a place where through a special mixture of adrenaline, terror and perspiration you are transformed from a regular person into a lawyer. Today as newly minted lawyers, […]
Kamala Harris
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Commencement Address at Howard University - May 13, 2017
May 13, 2017
Greetings, Bisons! It is so great to be back home. President Frederick… members of the Board… distinguished faculty—thank you for this incredible honor. And to the Class of 2017—congratulations! And to your families and friends who encouraged you and held you up—thank you for all you did. Let’s hear it for them! I’ve had the honor of speaking at many commencements. But this one is particularly special for me. Because decades ago, I sat just where you sit now, feeling the embrace of my Howard family. Our Howard family. And […]
J.K. Rowling
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Commencement Address at Harvard University - Jun. 5, 2008
June 5, 2008
President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates. The first thing I would like to say is 'thank you.' Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I have endured at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight. A win-win situation! Now all I have to do is take deep breaths, squint at the red banners and convince myself that I am at […]
Billie Jean King
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst Commencement Address - May 21, 2000
May 21, 2000
President Bulger, Chancellor Scott, Board of Trustees, Distinguished Members of the Platform Party, my fellow honorees. Let's rip! Let's go! Rip! Okay. I was going to say most of all congratulations to all of you, you finally did it, but I think you know that already. 50 percent of you, 50 percent of you, are the first in your family to receive a university degree. 50 percent. Thank you, thank you. To those of you who are going on to graduate school, good luck. And to those of you who […]
Elizabeth Warren
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Commencement Address at UMass Amherst - May 13, 2017
May 13, 2017
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Go UMass, boy it is good to be here. So good afternoon and thank you to Chancellor Subbaswamy and to the Board of Trustees for inviting me to be here with you today. I really do love visiting this campus and seeing the great work that is done by both students and faculty. I also have a lot of UMass Amherst grads on my staff so I get to see firsthand exactly how terrific a UMass Amherst education really is […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Commencement Address at Wellesley College - May 26, 2017
May 26, 2017
Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you very much for that warm welcome. I am so grateful to be here back at Wellesley, especially for President Johnson’s very first Commencement, and to thank her, the trustees, families and friends, faculty, staff, and guests for understanding and perpetuating the importance of this college: what it stands for, what it has meant, and what it will do in the years ahead. And most importantly, it’s wonderful to be here with another green class to say, congratulations to the class of 2017! […]
Corazon Aquino
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Towards Global Sharing and Peace - June 11, 1995
June 11, 1995
Let me first of all express my heartfelt thanks to the President and Faculty Senate of the University of Oregon for this honorary degree. As with all the other honors bestowed upon me, I must acknowledge in all humility that all these were made possible not through my efforts alone, but because of People Power and Prayer Power. In February of 1986, People Power emerged as an awesome political force, banishing the dictator who had resorted to terrorism and massive fraud in the snap election and catapulting me, the opposition […]
Elizabeth Dole
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Commencement Address to Greensboro College - May 13, 2007
May 13, 2007
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for that wonderful, warm welcome. And thank you, Dr. Williams for your very kind words of introduction. What a privilege it is to be with you today on the beautiful campus of Greensboro College! Dr. Williams, you are truly shaping our future as you oversee the education of nearly 1,300 students. And Senior Class President Cherilyn Strader, you were selected by your peers because of your outstanding leadership. Thank you for your commitment to Greensboro College. And thank you to the Board of Trustees, administrators, […]
Sandra Day O’Connor
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Stanford University Commencement Address - June 13, 2004
June 13, 2004
President Hennessy, faculty, graduates and friends of Leland Stanford Jr. University: It is a great pleasure to be with you today at your commencement exercises. After all, it is a day of joy for everyone: You graduates have no more exams or classes to endure. And I might say, the faculty no longer has you to endure; you have fame and fortune ahead of you; your families and spouses and friends can look forward to seeing more of you; and your speaker is greatly honored by the privilege of being […]
Marian Wright Edelman
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Colorado College Baccalaureate Address - May 16, 1999
May 16, 1999
I'm delighted to be in this very beautiful place and at this very special time with your president, faculty, trustees, administration, families, and with what I'm sure is the best graduating class in the history of Colorado College. I'm also very proud to have heard from your president and chaplain that the overwhelming majority of you have engaged in some kind of community service. I hope you will carry that ethic out into your communities, and families, and national and local life, because service really is the rent we each […]