Graduation Speeches

As you may already know, or will learn as I continue to post here, I am immensely proud to be a member of the Pace University community. I recently wrote about how honored I was to speak at the commencement for the class of 2015. Since earning both of my degrees in the ‘80s at Pace, I’ve always felt compelled to give back to the institution that gave me so much. Be it serving as an Adjunct Professor, Executive in Residence and/or a Lecturer in Residence, it is important to educate the young members

Emily’s Salutatorian Speech Good morning/afternoon administrators, faculty, board members, parents, and fellow peers of Nova Academy Prichard, 8th grade 2016 Graduation Ceremony. First, I would like to thank my mom for pushing me to my limit to get where I am today. I would like to thank all the teachers for preparing all of us for high school and beyond. I would also like to thank all my friends who have been there for me through thick and thin and have stuck with me since the beginning. It seems

Graduation has many meanings for it; however one way to look at graduation would be the transition from youth to maturity. Graduation in another point of view could be the transition from one chapter of someone’s life to another. Most people would consider their childhood the best time of their lives. Some could also recall a part of their life that was a new chapter for them, or that it changed their life in one way or another. The journey from youth to maturity however, is ruthless, inconsistent

In a commencement speech delivered at Harvard University, Tingle (2010) advises that education is a tool used to help others thrive. He supports his assertion by utilizing anecdote that led a connection with the audience, informal language that made the speech concise and personal experience that exemplifies (x) success, can be achieved by helping one another. Tingle delivers the commencement speech for the graduates to use their education out in the real world by supporting and helping

Teachers, Parents, Fellow Students. Today we are all gathered here for the final day of our 8th Grade school year here at Grange. Not only is this our final day of 8th grade, or our last day here at Grange, but it’s the last day of middle school! If we were to look back at everything we’ve learned in the last three years here, then I, and I’m sure you’d agree, would say without a doubt, that we are prepared for the next chapter of our lives, high school. All throughout these three years we have

Good morning Principle Boyd, proud parents, faculty, and fellow graduates, to this extraordinary celebration breakfast, in honor of Our Lady of Grace Catholic School Class of 2017. Yes, I am graduating 8th grade, but I still have to make my bed, be nice to my siblings, do my chores, I cannot drive a car, I must continue putting my Iphone into my locker every night, so that I will not be grounded!  Nevertheless, I am graduating from Our Lady of Grace Catholic School, and I feel like I found a pot-of-gold

Rhetorical Analysis Steve Jobs' Stanford Commencement Address On June 14th 2005, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, had the responsibility to present a Commencement speech to address the graduating class at Stanford University. Jobs created an extremely effective speech due to his use of rhetorical devices. He uses his life experiences, background, and his upbringing to play a major role in his effective use of rhetorical strategies. Throughout much of his speech, he uses the pattern of love, loss, and

In 2007 , billion dollar owner of Microsoft and software programer , Bill Gates ,delivered a speech at Harvard to the graduating class of 2007. Throughout his speech he wanted to motivate the graduates , inspire them to change to the world , and have them consider those in poverty and similar situations. Bill Gates used his own personal examples , as well as using a firm and persuasive tone with figurative langue to motivate the graduates to use new technologies and innovations to help better the

I was an impressionable ten year old the first time I heard David Foster Wallace’s famous “This is Water”commencement speech, the opening line of which is quoted above. My father showed it to me; from the time I was a toddler, he’s made it his mission to equip me for the future (once, when I was six, I found a responsible spending flowchart taped to my door). In accordance with his mission, he was adamant not only that I watch the speech, but also that I absorb it. Now, with the benefit of more years

Survey: I noticed the paragraphs are numbered, there’s cooperation’s names, and numbers. Question: Why did you’ve got to find what you love? How do you find what you love? Predict: I think the text is about a speech Steve Jobs gave to college students who are graduating. R1: The speech Steve Jobs made, states that everyone going will die eventually. “Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become old and be cleared away” (Jobs 89). This line illustrates