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Condoleezza Rice
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
YouTube "Dear Class of 2020" Event - June 7, 2020
June 7, 2020
Congratulations class of 2020 on a well-deserved and long-awaited recognition. As a professor, I am always delighted to see students honored for their hard work and today is no exception. Still, this celebration is unusual. It is not the one that you imagined or anticipated or dreamed about, but you can be especially proud of what it represents: your ingenuity and relentlessness and that of your teachers, families, and friends in challenging, sometimes tragic, and unprecedented times. Commencement, someone once said, is a funny thing to call the end. That […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update - April 13, 2020
April 13, 2020
Well, good morning. We'll go ahead and get started this morning with an update on the numbers. We had 113 new positive cases for a total of 1,710 positive cases. We had one new county — Cass County — for a total of 82 counties. We had 981 negative cases today, for a total of 16,986 negative tests and a total of 18,696 tested. The State Hygienic Lab has 3,565 tests available. As of last evening, we have 142 hospitalized, 741 have recovered for a recovery rate of 43%. And […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update - April 10, 2020
April 10, 2020
Good morning. We'll go ahead and start with an update on the numbers. Today we have 118 new positive cases for a total of 1,388 positive. We have two new counties — Osceola and Union — for a total of 81 counties. We have 862 negative cases today for a total of 14,565 negative. The State Hygienic Lab has 1,974 tests available. As of last evening, we have a 119 hospitalized, 506 recovered — for a recovery rate of 36%. And I'm very sad to report that we have had […]
Joni Ernst
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Class of 2020 Commencement Address - May 23, 2020
May 23, 2020
Hello everyone. I wanted to take a moment to offer my congratulations to the class of 2020. You did it, you made it, and a huge congratulations is in order. You should all be extremely proud of yourselves and you deserve a lot of credit as does the community around you. Whether that be the friends, family, neighbors or teachers who were with you all along the way. So, make sure that you take a moment to show gratitude toward the people who helped you get here today. Thank your […]
Barbara Roberts
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Portland State University Commencement Address - June 16, 2007
June 16, 2007
Well thank you so much for this great honor. I am both elated and humbled to be recognized by Portland State University. Many, many years ago I took my very first college night school classes at the Portland State Extension Center. Years later I fell in love with and married one of Portland State's founding faculty members, Dr. Frank Roberts. From Vanport College until his retirement, Frank taught 37 years for this wonderful institution. Finally after my time as governor and at Harvard University, I came home to Oregon and […]
Barbara Roberts
categories: Inaugural Address, Speeches
Inaugural Address - Jan. 14, 1991
January 14, 1991
In 1865 a bright and brave 13-year-old girl, Harriet Hitchcock, began a journey across the Oregon Trail with her family. Today, as I begin my journey as your governor, I want to share some of Harriet's own words with you. "This morning," she wrote, "we commenced to climb the snowy range ... And we soon found the tug of war in our journey was only just begun. We could see the top of one hill and think that was the last. But when we gained that, others kept rising before […]
Ann Richards
categories: Speeches, State of State
State of the State Address - Feb. 6, 1991
February 6, 1991
In 1841, when Sam Houston took the oath of office for his second term as president of the Republic, the frontier was still a dangerous place, only three or four towns had a population of more than a thousand, and Texans were in the midst of a gnawing recession. In his inaugural address, Houston faced the unhappy duty of informing congress that the cupboard was bare; there was not one dollar in the treasury. Listen to what he told them: "Patriotism, industry, and enterprise," he said, "are now our only […]
Ann Richards
categories: Inaugural Address, Speeches
Inaugural Address - Jan. 15, 1991
January 15, 1991
Richards delivered her inaugural address to the Joint Session of the Texas Senate. Welcome to the first day of the new Texas! And welcome to the official representatives of thirty-five countries and the governors of the four Mexican border states who have joined us today. I want to thank all of you for being with us. I hope we will see you often in the Capitol. We look forward to working cooperatively with your governments and to excellent relationships with your people. Eighteen months ago, I stood with many of […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update - April 9, 2020
April 9, 2020
Good morning. First of all, we'll start with an update on the numbers. We had 125 new positive cases for a total of 1,270 positive cases. We had no new counties as of yesterday, so the total number of counties remains at 79. We had 882 negative cases for a total of 13,703 negative cases. We have the capacity to test, at the State Hygienic Lab, of 2,530 tests. We have 115 hospitalized as of yesterday. 476 recovered, for a recovery rate of 38%. And I am sorry to report […]
Malala Yousafzai
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Class of 2020 Commencement Address - May 16, 2020
May 16, 2020
To all the graduates of 2020, like all of you, I am also missing my graduation ceremony this year. And we are not alone. Across the world, COVID-19 has forced more than 1 billion students out of school. But for most of us, this is temporary. We will continue our education and follow our dreams. But many girls, especially in developing countries, may never return to the classroom. Because of this crisis, they will be forced into early marriages or low-paying jobs to support their families. And when schools reopen, […]