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Take action, serve, and be nice. Those are the career and life lesson take-aways from 99 percent of all commencement speeches ever. But when it comes to winning a majority hungover crowd, a speech ...
The essay was published in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 and in 2009 its format was stretched by Little, Brown and Company to fill 138 pages for a book publication. [1] A transcript of the speech circulated online as early as June 2005. [2] This is the only public speech Wallace ever gave outlining his outlook on life. [3]
College commencement speeches are as much a part of spring as the cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, most commencement speeches aren't very inspiring or entertaining, and instead ...
Oprah Winfrey's Spelman College commencement speech. Oprah encouraged the Spelman College class of 2012 to know who they are and what they want in life, use their gifts to serve the world, and ...
The commencement is a ceremony in which degrees or diplomas are conferred upon graduating students. A commencement speech is typically given by a notable figure in the community or a graduating student. The person giving such a speech is known as a commencement speaker. Very commonly, colleges or universities will invite politicians, important ...
"Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young", commonly known by the title "Wear Sunscreen", [1] is an essay written as a hypothetical commencement speech by columnist Mary Schmich, originally published in June 1997 in the Chicago Tribune. [2]
IT’S GRADUATION season and before students throw their mortar boards in the air, the ceremony isn’t complete without an inspiring commencement speech. In Singapore, Law Minister K. Shanmugam ...
The following is a list of commencement speeches given by Sister Helen Prejean. [1] University Location Date University of Glasgow: Scotland: July 10, 1995