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What we’re trying to prevail on students is two things. First, let’s not get commencement canceled with some sort of last-minute major surge in COVID infections, and secondly do not take a chance on taking a COVID infection home. – Todd Simmons	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Churches are allowed to be open and we definitely shared the gospel( during the commencement). – Matt Cox	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Because so many schools and colleges have moved to online learning to ensure the safety of their students, many graduates are missing their commencement ceremonies, traditionally such significant milestones in their lives. – Conal Byrne	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I think we do a very good job at our commencement ceremony honoring the past, present and future military members. – Principal Shawn McCreary	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
During one of this weekend's commencement ceremonies, we were inappropriately aggressive in rushing students across the stage. I personally apologize, and am reaching out to the students involved, the practice has been halted for all future ceremonies, and we will work to make sure all graduating students know we are proud of their achievements and celebrate with them their graduation. – Kent Fuchs	Found on CNN 6 years ago
There happens to be whole, large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches. – David Foster	Found on CNN 7 years ago
I'm all for building bridges, and I welcome Secretary DeVos to meet me and more undergraduate students ... but not at a commencement speech where it's so one-sided. – Junior Jasmine Smith	Found on CNN 7 years ago
The organizing committee for the commencement last year thought that he was a colorful and interesting character, it was partially supported by the fact that The Washington Post, the newspaper, back in the spring of 2016, cited Carter as one of Mr. Trump's foreign policy advisors. – Denis Klimentov	Found on CNN 7 years ago
The country is on course to achieving category one status by May 2016 as the target date for commencement of direct flights to the USA. – The Authority	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Until that time, Harvard didn't take on women faculty, so when it did, it was a big scandal, she wasn't allowed to use the faculty lounge or to walk in commencement. But she got a warm welcome otherwise. – Author Rachel Swaby	Found on CNN 9 years ago
As of yesterday, the spot price for gas was down 30 percent from commencement of this case. – Joshua Sussberg	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The circumstances of the accident, coming on the eve of Commencement, make it even more heartrending. We offer our prayers for Robert Byrd, Robert Byrd extended family and their friends and will do everything we can to offer support and comfort during this time. – Brandi Hephner LaBanc	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I will try to follow the advice that a university president once gave a prospective commencement speaker. 'Think of yourself as the body at an Irish wake,' he said. 'They need you in order to have the party, but no one expects you to say very much.' – Anthony Lake	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Commencement speakers have a good deal in common with grandfather clocks Standing usually some six feet tall, typically ponderous in construction, more traditional than functional, their distinction is largely their noisy communication of essentially commonplace information. – W, Willard Wirtz	added by anonymous 14 years ago

What we’re trying to prevail on students is two things. First, let’s not get commencement canceled with some sort of last-minute major surge in COVID infections, and secondly do not take a chance on taking a COVID infection home.

– Todd Simmons

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Churches are allowed to be open and we definitely shared the gospel( during the commencement).

– Matt Cox

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Because so many schools and colleges have moved to online learning to ensure the safety of their students, many graduates are missing their commencement ceremonies, traditionally such significant milestones in their lives.

– Conal Byrne

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think we do a very good job at our commencement ceremony honoring the past, present and future military members.

– Principal Shawn McCreary

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

During one of this weekend's commencement ceremonies, we were inappropriately aggressive in rushing students across the stage. I personally apologize, and am reaching out to the students involved, the practice has been halted for all future ceremonies, and we will work to make sure all graduating students know we are proud of their achievements and celebrate with them their graduation.

– Kent Fuchs

Found on CNN
6 years ago

There happens to be whole, large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches.

– David Foster

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I'm all for building bridges, and I welcome Secretary DeVos to meet me and more undergraduate students ... but not at a commencement speech where it's so one-sided.

– Junior Jasmine Smith

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The organizing committee for the commencement last year thought that he was a colorful and interesting character, it was partially supported by the fact that The Washington Post, the newspaper, back in the spring of 2016, cited Carter as one of Mr. Trump's foreign policy advisors.

– Denis Klimentov

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The country is on course to achieving category one status by May 2016 as the target date for commencement of direct flights to the USA.

– The Authority

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Until that time, Harvard didn't take on women faculty, so when it did, it was a big scandal, she wasn't allowed to use the faculty lounge or to walk in commencement. But she got a warm welcome otherwise.

– Author Rachel Swaby

Found on CNN
9 years ago

As of yesterday, the spot price for gas was down 30 percent from commencement of this case.

– Joshua Sussberg

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The circumstances of the accident, coming on the eve of Commencement, make it even more heartrending. We offer our prayers for Robert Byrd, Robert Byrd extended family and their friends and will do everything we can to offer support and comfort during this time.

– Brandi Hephner LaBanc

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I will try to follow the advice that a university president once gave a prospective commencement speaker. 'Think of yourself as the body at an Irish wake,' he said. 'They need you in order to have the party, but no one expects you to say very much.'

– Anthony Lake

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Commencement speakers have a good deal in common with grandfather clocks Standing usually some six feet tall, typically ponderous in construction, more traditional than functional, their distinction is largely their noisy communication of essentially commonplace information.

– W, Willard Wirtz

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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