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Michelle Obama
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Commencement Address to Washington Math Science Technology Public Charter High School - June 3, 2009
June 3, 2009
Yay! (Applause.) Thank you! Congratulations, Class of 2009! (Applause.) All right, this is exciting, right? Nothing more exciting, right? We're so proud of you. I'm delighted to be here. I want to just thank Jasmine for that lovely introduction and for her invitation to me to come here. I want to thank -- (applause) -- thank you, Jasmine. (Applause.) I want to thank Principal Holbrook and the staff, the faculty, all the trustees, all our elected officials. I want to thank the grandmas, the moms, the dads, the uncles, the […]
Michelle Obama
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University of California, Merced Commencement Speech - May 16, 2009
May 16, 2009
Thank you. Thank you so much, Class of 2009. (Applause.) All I can say is wow, and good afternoon, everyone. I am so proud of these graduates. We have to just give them one big round of applause before I start. This is just an amazing day. (Applause.) I want to thank Dick for that lovely introduction. He makes for a good companion when you have to go to an inauguration. (Laughter.) So I'm glad he could be here with me today. I appreciate all that he has done to […]
Barbara B Kennelly
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Trinity Washington University Commencement Address - May 22, 2005
May 22, 2005
President Patricia McGuire. Trinity faculty, administration, families and friends. And, especially, the 2005 graduates: Congratulations. I am greatly honored that you have asked me to join you today. This is my third graduation at Trinity. First of all my own graduation from Trinity. Then, in 1986, as a fairly new member of Congress, I came to give the commencement address. Now I am back again, older but much wiser, and I am delighted to be receiving an honorary degree. I have watched Trinity change and grow, with awe. I am […]
Carly Fiorina
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Commencement Address to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - June 2, 2000
June 2, 2000
Good morning. Thank you very much. It is perhaps an understatement to say it's an honor to be back at MIT, addressing the graduating class of the year 2000. As I look out on this crowd, it is both humbling and inspiring. I'd like to start my remarks this morning with special thanks to all of you who have sent me emails in the last couple of weeks. You see, when I sat down to write this speech, as commencement speakers naturally do, I tried to figure out what would […]
Ann Richards
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Commencement Address to Mount Holyoke College - May 28, 1995
May 28, 1995
Thank you very much. Thank you very much. I want to salute the forethought of the architects of this amphitheater. It was so nice that they realized that I needed to be in the shade and you needed to be in the sun. And because of our juxtaposition here I'll be mercifully brief. When I was invited to be a part of this commencement I knew that the distinguishing characteristic of Mount Holyoke was that the students here are given a firm indoctrination and a drive in public service. My […]
Madeleine K Albright
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Harvard University Commencement Address - June 5, 1997
June 5, 1997
Thank you. Thank you, President Pforzheimer. Governor Weld, President Rudenstine, President Wilson, fellow honorands, men and women of Harvard, all those who comprise the Harvard community, guests and friends, thank you. I'm delighted to be here on this day of celebration and rededication. To those of you who are here from the class of '97, I say congratulations. (Applause.) You may be in debt, but you made it. (Laughter.) And if you're not in debt now, after the alumni association gets through with you, you will be. (Laughter and applause.) […]
Tammy S Baldwin
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University of Wisconsin Commencement Speech - May 14, 2005
May 14, 2005
Thank you, Chancellor Wiley. Chancellor, graduates, families, friends, faculty, staff, and other honored guests: I'm truly delighted to be with you today. I wish I could say it reminds me of my own graduation from law school here in 1989—but I can't. I hardly remember that ceremony. One of my professors told us of our final papers: "Just get them in before you graduate." I took her at her word and spent the last 36 hours before graduation getting it done. By the time I got to the ceremony, I […]
Lois Capps
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Nursing in the 21st Century: A New Call to Action - June 14, 2003
June 14, 2003
Associate Dean Nyamathi, Chancellor Carnesale, Dean Cowan, distinguished faculty, and above all, honored graduates, families, and friends. It is a very special privilege for me to address you on this, your day. The occasion is made poignant by my memories of a UCLA graduation seven years ago, which I attended as a proud parent -- beaming as my daughter Lisa received her PhD in psychology and addressed the graduates. This was just a few short years before she engaged in the battle of her life against cancer. I am overwhelmed […]
Loretta Lynch
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Commencement Address at the University of Pennsylvania Law School- May 16, 2016
May 16, 2016
Good afternoon Penn Law. How we doing? Thank you so much for that warm welcome, and for having me here today. Thank you also Willy, a truly proud Penn graduate, for that wonderful and warm introduction. And let me also thank you for your outstanding service to the American people. You are a true leader and champion, and when were U.S. Attorneys together, I can’t tell you how many times I looked to your example of service and community involvement as an inspiration for the things that all of us […]
Sandra Day O’Connor
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Gettysburg College Commencement Address - May 18, 2008
May 18, 2008
It is a great pleasure to be with you today at Gettysburg College. After all, it is a day of joy for everyone: you graduates have no more university exams or class 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 has a respite from her labors across the nation. I realize we have gathered here today to applaud those […]