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Valedictorian (VD) is an academic title for the highest-performing student of a graduating class of an academic institution in the United States. The valedictorian is generally determined by an academic institution's grade point average (GPA) system but other methods of selection may be factored in such as volunteer work , scholastic awards ...
The title comes from the salutatorian's traditional role as the first speaker at a graduation ceremony, delivering the salutation (where the valedictorian, on the other hand, speaks last, delivering the valediction). In a high school setting, a salutatorian may also be asked to speak about the current graduating class or to deliver an ...
High school class valedictorian Alem Hadzic was unusually somber before delivering his commencement speech on May 16. “People were coming over to wish me luck and I was kind of blowing them off ...
At Vassar College’s 1970 commencement ceremony, it was probably uncomfortable for many in the audience, particularly the men, when Gloria Steinem declared that “much of the trouble this ...
Evan Young, 18, figured coming out to everyone at graduation would help go along with his theme of respect and tolerance. Valedictorian denied speech rights after planning to come out as gay Skip ...
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A graduation or commencement speech, in the U.S., is a public speech given by a student or by alumnus of a university to a graduating class and their guests. Common themes of the graduation speech include wishing the graduates well in the "real world", cautioning that the world of academe is a special place where they were taught to think (a ...
Every year, Herricks High School on Long Island, N.Y., honors the two top-performing students with the academic distinction of valedictorian and salutatorian — revealed as a surprise over the ...