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Mcraven commencement speech at ut business insider. President barack obama gave the commencement address at morehouse college, an allmale historically black college in atlanta, on may 19 below. This is a prepared text of the commencement address delivered by steve jobs, ceo of apple computer and of pixar animation studios, on. May 25, 2017 mark zuckerbergs commencement address at harvard im here to tell you finding your purpose isnt enough. May 28, 2015 harvard university is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally.
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The 146th annual meeting of the harvard alumni association at the 364th commencement of harvard university. Read bidens entire speech below or watch the video here. May 19, 2017 an inspiring and powerful 20minute commencement speech by naval admiral william h. Full transcript of president obamas commencement address at. After listening to steve jobs stanford commencement speech, i was inspired to round up the best graduation speeches of all time, so all of you can enjoy the rich insights of the speakers. Full text of mark zuckerbergs 2017 harvard commencement speech. You will find true success and happiness if you have only one goal. At the 1964 democratic convention, fannie lou hamer all fivefeetfourinches tall gave a fiery speech on the national stage. It is on point and offers some fantastic life and business lessons. It is an odd piece of advice to give people dressed identically, but you should you should be yourself. Full transcript read every word of adichies powerful.
In this speech, admiral mcraven urges graduates to find the courage to change the world. Below is the prepared text of the commencement address delivered by actor and filmmaker matt damon for the institutes 2016 commencement, held june 3, 2016. That was alarming walking along and full transcript. Enjoy our speeches with big english subtitles and keep your english learning journey. After listening to steve jobs stanford commencement speech, i was inspired to round up the best graduation speeches of all time, so all of you can enjoy the rich insights of the speakers youll probably recognize most of the speakers, who are prominent people in their fields people.
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President powers, provost fenves, deans, members of the faculty, family and friends and most. Admiral mcraven s outstanding commencement address. A full transcript of joe bidens cornell convocation speech. Mcraven below is an abbreviated transcript of his speech. Matt damon mit commencement speech june 3 2016 read more. This speech was delivered as the commencement address to the graduates of the university of texas at austin on may 17, 2014.
Cnns jake tapper urged graduating students to be kind to one another and to be critical and independent thinkers in a commencement speech at the university of massachusetts amherst. Ira glass commencement address 2012 goucher college. C was eightyseven years old, a holocaust survivor from germany, and shed come to the emergency room because shed suddenly lost the vision in her left eye. May 20, 20 president obama speaks at the joplin high school commencement ceremony. To fulfill the highest, most truthful expression of yourself as a human being. This may be your first college commencement, but you probably know these addresses have a certain formula. This is water by david foster wallace full transcript and audio. Its a particular pleasure to welcome former governor deval patrick of the college class of 1978 and the harvard law school class of 1982. President powers, provost fenves, deans, members of the faculty, family and friends and most importantly, the class of 2014. May 30, 20 harvard university is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally. Admiral mcraven is as tough as you get, he was a special forces navy seal for 36 years and eventually rose to become a 4 star general and commander of special operations command, oh and he. Full transcript read every word of adichies powerful world. Special operations command, at the universitywide commencement at the university of texas at austin on may 17, 2014.
President, members of the board, the faculty, all the parents who are here today, and of course the class of 2007. Though i havent read through or listened to all the commencement speeches from the last couple weeks, i dont imagine theres a better one than. Commencement speeches have become outlets for sharing some of the most important life lessons ever. Check out our handpicked selection of commencement addresses, going back to 1774. Commencement 2017 speech transcripts and video suny. David foster wallaces remarkable 2005 commencement speech, this is water, is a timeless trove of wisdom for living a meaningful life. Commencement 2017 speech transcripts and video suny new. Mcraven gives the commencement address to the class of 2014 at the university of texas in austin. May 26, 2017 read the full text of mark zuckerbergs 2017 harvard commencement speech on success, failure and entrepreneurship published fri, may 26 2017 10. May 26, 2017 read the full transcript of her speech here. President obama delivers morehouse college commencement. Now commencement speakers are also expected to give some advice.
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Hillary clinton speech at wellesley college transcript of. Mcraven urges graduates to find courage to change the. Treasurers, parents, faculty, guests, president ungar, i am honored to be asked to be your commencement speaker. Admiral mcravens commencement speech is perhaps one of the best commencement speeches i have ever heard. Remarks by the president at commencement address at. Thank you president powers, provost fenves, deans, members of the. I am honored to be with you and this san francisco summer day feels just like home, just like it does with. You all, i mean, this has been the most fun i think ive had at a commencement ever. Sep 05, 2016 chimamanda adichie was recently in new york city where she gave a speech in observance of world humanitarian day. Obamas full remarks at howard university commencement ceremony.
Transcript of commencement speech at stanford given by. Im honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. The challenge for our generation is creating a world where everyone has a sense of purpose, said mark zuckerberg, who was the principal speaker at harvards 366th commencement on may 25. Read the full transcript of mcraven s may 19, 2014 speech right here at. Barnard college 2012 the president noted that this class came in as freshmen in 2008. Thank you, president reif and thank you, class of 2016. Mcravens inspiring 2014 commencement address at university of texas at austin.
Because we cant improve upon perfection, and because its silly to try and summarize a speech that should be read in full, we present the full copy of admiral william mcravens may 2014 commencement speech at the university of texas at austin. First of all, it is beyond a pleasure and an honor to be here to celebrate the city college of new york class of 2016. I wanted to take a deeper look at one of my favorite speeches of last year, admiral william mcravens 2014 commencement address delivered to the. Admiral william mcraven gives a commencement speech to the university of texas 2014 graduating class. May 20, 2014 anatomy of a great commencement speech. Transcript of speech by president barack obama barnard. Read mindy kalings 2018 dartmouth commencement speech time. Full transcript of president obamas commencement address. Ap photothe university of texas at austin, marsha miller u. May 27, 2014 admiral mcraven s outstanding commencement address. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. I encourage you to read or watch the entire speech.
Npr ed what makes a good commencement address great. Full text of mark zuckerbergs 2017 harvard commencement. So following on is the famous admiral mcraven commencement speech video and the transcript which was given to the class of 2014 at the university of texas. Bestselling young adult author john green 00 addresses the 415 members of the class of 2016 at kenyons 188th commencement ceremony. Mcraven in his commencement address at the university of texas, austin 2014. Admiral mcraven s commencement speech is perhaps one of the best commencement speeches i have ever heard. The 6 most motivational commencement speeches of all time. Mark zuckerbergs speech as written for harvards class of. Remarks by the president at commencement address at rutgers. Jessica faieta saturday, may 20, 2017 the world is not enough. May 05, 2014 watch the commencement speech read the full transcript.
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The truth is, rutgers, i came here because you asked. Remarks by the president at commencement address at rutgers, the state university of new jersey. This commencement address was delivered on may 14, 2017, to the graduating seniors of hampdensydney college, an allmens school in southern virginia. They give grand advice, and they give some useful tips. Special operations command, delivered a memorable speech at the universitywide commencement on may 17. Mcraven, bj 77, life member and distinguished alumnus, is the commander of u.
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