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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
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
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 […]
Soledad O’Brien
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Commencement Address at the University of Delaware - May 26, 2012
May 26, 2012
Good morning. I am so honored to be a part of the class of 2012 and I once set where you are sitting today so I know, for a fact, that there are a bunch people who just rolled in from last night. I know that to be true. I know there are others who have been preparing for this day since the moment they walked onto this campus. I know that for everybody this is a culmination of years of hard work. Today you’re surrounded by people who love […]
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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Commencement Address at Harvard University - May 26, 2011
May 26, 2011
President Drew Gilpin Faust, president and members of the Harvard Board of Overseers, members of the Harvard Corporation, faculty, staff students, fellow honorands, fellow alumni, members of the graduating class of 2011, parents, family friends, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: I am honored not only to be the 360th commencement speaker at my alma mater, but to do so in the year Harvard University, as the oldest institution of learning in America, celebrates 375 years of preparing minds for service and leadership. Thank you for the invitation and congratulations to […]
Janet A Napolitano
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Commencement Speech at Emory University - May 9, 2011
May 9, 2011
Thank you very much, President Wagner, and it is a delight to be here at Emory. Congratulations to the Class of 2011! Give it up! Let me echo what’s been said before. What you are receiving today is the commemoration of a great accomplishment You should be proud of what you have achieved. Your finals are behind you. Class day is over. It took a lot of hard work. It took a lot of everybody’s pizza and Diet Coke. I’m sure no-one tried to sneak in a Pepsi on this […]
Marian Wright Edelman
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The Values of Life-Long Learning, Civic Engagement, and Intellectual Leadership - May 20, 2013
May 20, 2013
I am very honored to be back at Colorado College with your trustees, with your president, your faculty, your administration, and with your families, but most importantly with what I am sure is the best graduating class in the history of Colorado College. Sounds like you are already doing wonderful things. But I hope that more or all of you will wander off the beaten path of career and help to define or redefine success in 21st century America, asking not, “How much can I get?” but “How much can […]
Marian Wright Edelman
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Commencement Address at Tulane University - May 19, 2001
May 19, 2001
It's time! It's time to build a mighty movement to Leave No Child Behind in the richest and most powerful nation on earth. I hope you will be a part of it. It's time! An incredible magical moment in history which few human beings have been blessed to experience. A new millennium. A new century. A new decade. How will we say thanks to God for the earth, nation, and children entrusted to our care? It's time! A time of political transition. A new president who repeatedly has used CDF's […]
Margaret Spellings
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Commencement Speech at Miami Dade College - May 3, 2008
May 30, 2008
Thank you, Jesus Reyes, for introducing me. I’d also like to thank my friend Dr. Eduardo Padron, President of Miami Dade College, and Dr. Greg Gray of Miami Dade’s Kendall Campus for welcoming me here today. Most importantly, congratulations, Miami Dade College class of 2008! Thank you for inviting me to celebrate with you today. Look around at all of these people … who grew up in so many different places … speaking so many different languages. This is the largest and most diverse college in the nation—and probably in […]
Margaret Spellings
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Commencement Speech at Colorado Technical University - June 15, 2013
June 15, 2013
Good morning. Thank you, President Koehn, for the gracious introduction. To the CTU faculty and staff, to the parents and families, friends and loved ones, distinguished guests and—most especially—to the graduates: Thank you for the chance to share in your celebration. And, above all, congratulations! Congratulations to the CTU class of 2013! Congratulations on your achievements! This is YOUR big day. I hope you savor it and soak it in. No matter how you celebrate your accomplishments—and you should celebrate! I hope you will look around and remember how you […]