Words of wisdom from 2016 commencement addresses
As graduation season comes to a close, we bring you some highlights of a few of our favorite commencement addresses of 2016: Sheryl Sandberg
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National Security Adviser Rice: Security workforce lacks diversity
(CNSNews.com) – National Security Adviser Susan Rice told graduates at Florida International University in Miami, Fla., recently that the U.S. intelligence community is too white and male. "Too often, our national security workforce has been what former Florida Senator Bob Graham called 'white, male, and Yale.'
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Rebuking Trump, Obama tells graduates walls won’t solve ills
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — President Barack Obama on Sunday urged college graduates to shun those who want to confront a rapidly changing world by building walls around the United States or by embracing ignorance, as he delivered a sharp and barely concealed critique of Donald Trump. Obama used his commencement
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Rita Moreno: ‘Hamilton’ was inspiration for rapping Berklee speech
BOSTON (AP) — Rita Moreno says it was the hip-hop musical "Hamilton" that inspired her to bust a rhyme while delivering the commencement address at the Berklee College of Music.
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What’s missing from graduation speeches
Graduation season is upon us, and thus starts the annual ritual of the middle-aged and elderly offering advice to the young. "Go forth and change the world!" "You can do anything!" "You have freedoms and resources that previous generations only dreamed of, take advantage of
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