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Elizabeth Warren
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Try the Unexpected (Commencement Address at Framingham State University) - May 19, 2013
May 19, 2013
Thank you Senator Spilka for that very kind introduction. Thank you President Flanagan, the Board of Trustees, Framingham Board of Selectmen. And—congratulations to the class of 2013. Fabulous, guys! I gotta say, from one state school grad to another, you’ve done a good thing here. You can do a lot more. I’m really happy for you. I want to say, too, class of 2013, as you’re heading out into the world, as with any new journey, it can be scary. No more lunch time with Edith. No more ice cream […]
Janet A Napolitano
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Commencement Address at Northeastern University - May 2, 2014
May 2, 2014
Thank you Mr President, members of the Board of Trustees, faculty, students, staff of Northeastern. Thank you to my fellow honorees, who I’ve had the pleasure to spend some time with over the last evening and today, and to family members, friends, and guests of the Northeastern community who have joined us here today. What a great Husky Nation you have. Most importantly, thank you, and congratulations, to you, the Class of 2014. What an honor, and a privilege, to celebrate with you today. Give it up! Now that you […]
Niki Tsongas
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BU Law Commencement Address - May 18, 2008
May 18, 2008
Thank you, and good evening. And thank you in particular for inviting me to share this evening with all of you. And good evening Dean O’Rourke, to members of the Board of Trustees, faculty, honorees, proud parents, families and friends and especially deserving graduates of the Boston University Class of 2008. I know this is a time of great satisfaction at having withstood the rigors of law school, relief that you have arrived at this moment of closure and anticipation at what lies ahead. A graduation is always an occasion […]
Christina D Romer
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Commencement Address at The College of William & Mary - May 16, 2010
May 16, 2010
It is a pleasure to be with you this afternoon. I am honored to spend this important day with you and your families. I often tell my children that I wish I could live my life over again-not because I want to change things, but because it was so nice the first time around. What you have given me today is a chance to relive one very special day-my graduation from William and Mary some 29 years ago. I am delighted that my father is here to spend the day […]
Marian Wright Edelman
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Commencement Address at Muhlenberg College - May 18, 2008
May 18, 2008
I am delighted and honored to share this wonderful day of celebration and achievement with your trustees, with your president, with your faculty and administration, with your families, with these wonderful honorary degree recipients, and most importantly, with what I am sure with what is the best graduating class in the history of Muhlenberg College. The Great German Protest Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who died opposing Hitler's Holocaust, believes that the test of the morality of a society is how it treats its children. America flunks Bonhoeffer's test every hour of […]
Michelle Obama
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Commencement Address at Spelman College - May 15, 2011
May 15, 2011
Let me tell you, it is a pleasure and an honor, yes Chicago, to be with all of you today and I want to thank President Tatum for her leadership and for that very kind and generous introduction. She is such an inspiration to all of the women who are part of the Spelman family. So let’s give her our thanks and a round of applause. I also want to acknowledge a few people who are here in the audience, Senator Isakson, Representative Johnson, and of course Mayor Reed. Thank […]
Michelle Obama
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Commencement Address to Dillard University - May 10, 2014
May 10, 2014
I am so happy to be here with you all. I'm proud to be here in the Big Easy. Look at you all! You look good. I want to start by thanking Nicole for that very kind introduction and for sharing her story, which is not too unfamiliar to me -- because they told me I couldn't be where I am, too. So I want to thank Nicole. I'm proud of her. Thank you for the selfie; I think that's the first selfie I've done at a commencement. So, Nicole, […]
Susan E Rice
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Commencement Address at Spelman College - May 16, 2010
May 16, 2010
Thank you very much. President Tatum, thank you for that warm introduction, and thank you for this tremendous honor. It’s a privilege to share the podium with you and my friend and role model Marian Wright Edelman. What incredibly inspiring leaders you are. Now, I believe that a good commencement speech should be like a good commencement speaker: short. This is really your day to celebrate with loved ones, and you must be pretty warm in those robes. So I’ll make a deal with you: the more clapping I hear, […]
Susan E Rice
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Commencement Address at Stanford University - June 13, 2010
June 13, 2010
Good morning, Stanford! Thank you very much, President Hennessy, for that very warm introduction. It is wonderful to be back at Stanford. Having gotten around a bit over the last few years, I am more convinced than ever that this is the best university on the face of the planet. It’s particularly gratifying to be back in this stadium, which is a rather special place for me. It happens to be the spot where my husband and I had our first romantic moment. It was just as the band was […]
Candy Crowley
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Commencement Address at Maharishi University of Management - May 26, 2012
May 26, 2012
President Morris, members of the Board of Trustees, the faculty and staff, the parents, thank you all for being so welcoming. I have a quick story, since he’s here and I can embarrass him. I won a second Emmy at some point in my career and I called my youngest son—I have two sons. I said, “Guess what—I won a second Emmy for...” whatever it was for and he said, “Oh, that’s great, because now when you die we can both have one.” That is why you have children, they […]