As Daniel goes on to Teach for America, he leaves a university that is changed for the better.
The changes you have seen on campus and around the globe also provide a roadmap that can serve as a guide to the changes you can create in society.
Purposefully contributing to change requires courage, trust, and the willingness to listen and consider many voices. It works best when trust is built by finding common ground, and when we reject the view that it is “us versus them” — that there must be winners and losers.
This is how we can overcome the erosion of trust and begin to collaborate to work through differences.
It takes courage to open ourselves up to opinions and interpretations we don’t agree with. But it’s also how we learn, sharpen our own arguments, and hone our ability to persuade others.
Your time at Michigan has provided a wonderful proving ground to develop your ability to create change. Where else can you seek solutions among such talented scholars, all pursuing knowledge and understanding to advance a quintessentially public mission?
U-M is a place where data and evidence matter, where all voices can be heard, and where talented and hard-working students emerge as leaders and best.
Thank you. Thank you.
Good morning! Good morning, Class of 20xx! You look fabulous!
Though many of you may…maybe you feel a little bit tired?
Last night, some of you were out to dinner with family. Some of you were up late packing. And some of you went out with classmates and friends.
And this is Penn, I have to ask: How many of you managed to do all three?
Okay, I thought so! But did anyone here last night find time to turn on the TV…maybe turn it on…to HBO?
Are you ready? Are you ready? It’s time for a special edition of Game of Thrones!
Graduates: All of you today sit on either side of a great divide.
To my right: Southern Alliance! Among you are several Great Houses.
Arrayed on the field are members of House Engineering! House Nursing! House Wharton! Houses…Houses Medicine to Dental; Law to…Law to Design; SP2 to Education; and Annenberg to Vet! All…all of you to my right form the Southern Alliance!
Now, to my left: The Northern Alliance! Your Great…your Great Houses may be fewer…your Great Houses may be fewer, but man, are they big?
Our passion for change is why we are the nation’s No. 1 public research university.
It’s why the discovery process has been a foundational centerpiece of our Michigan DNA for more than 200 years.
It’s why we strive, always, to extend our impact beyond the borders of our campus – to the communities we serve, and to the frontiers of human knowledge that now span galaxies.
It’s why I hope you are asking, on the day of your graduation, what you can change next.
The challenges we face as a society are numerous and complex – from climate change to poverty to conflict between nations.
But these and many other challenges can unite us as we strive for change – if we choose the path of courage.
Listen to different views.
Trust one another.
Find common ground.
And commit to the discussions and the discoveries that can produce a better world.
Class of 20xx, our society is yours to change.
Seek out new evidence, develop new methods, and consider many points of view.
And choose the path that will make ours a better world – as you Go discover, Go achieve, Go serve, and Go Blue!
when I finally arrived on campus, I was in for a surprise. In fact, I was stunned. I had never before in my life felt poor. As a scholarship student, suddenly, I was surrounded by people who were so astoundingly rich! I was also fascinated by this and other differences – different faiths, politics, ethnicities, and culture.
And sure, at times it was uncomfortable. There were many moments I just wanted to turn around and go back home to my mother’s warm embrace – and also her great home cooking!
And like every one of you…every one of you, I made the best, most important choice of my life: I would pick up the threads of differences to weave myself a new community.
This would become my cause, my mission, my identity. I had found my purpose, rooted in beloved community.
I was inspired by the work of Dr. Martin Luther King. He called upon us all to embrace inclusion, love, and justice. He preached the soul force of nonviolent protest.
He warned against the perils of tribalism, of clinging to the familiar and holding sacred the status quo.
King famously addressed his…go ahead…he famously addressed his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” not to his jailers, but to his “fellow clergymen.”
He challenged them to reject the status quo. In King’s words, we find the essence of beloved community, recognizing that: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Arrayed on the field, as you can see, are the members…many members of House College! And House Arts and Sciences! All of you…all of you to my left form the Northern Alliance.
We have two sides, and spoiler alert: we’re going to do battle. But instead of a battle with spears, this will be a Battle of Cheers.
Whoops! Who left a Starbucks cup here? Not supposed to be here! Oh well, oh well…. We’ll figure that out later.
I’m…I’m going to call on each of your Alliances in turn. When I do, you need to make…I hate to ask, I know how hard it is, but you need to make the most noise you can. The side that cheers the loudest wins! Okay? Ready?
Okay, let’s hear it from the Southern Alliance!
Impressive! Impressive! Okay, now let’s hear it from the Northern Alliance! Alright! Also …also impressive!
Both sides gave it your very best shot. Now it falls to me….
But I will not call a winner. Instead, instead, I ask you to consider this a window into the human heart.
Listen up. Here we are, proud members of the Penn community – this beloved community. Yet, when called upon, how readily we divide to do battle for our side.
Game of Thrones became a global phenomenon for many reasons. We obsess over the characters. We love the dragons and the drama. But its deepest attraction is allegorical.
We live in an era of accelerating change where often as a society and as individuals we seem to be struggling to keep up.
Graduation is all about change. And at Michigan that means it’s not only about the change in you, it’s about the changes you will contribute to in society.
In the fall of 20xx, when many of you started as undergraduates here at Michigan, our world was a different place.
Me Too was not yet a hashtag. The event horizon of a black hole had never been imaged. And midterm voter turnout on university campuses across the country was just 19 percent.
Each of these examples, in their own way, demonstrates the often long and difficult path to change.
The Me Too Movement was founded in 20xx by activist and sexual assault survivor Tarana Burke. Burke wanted to provide a place for survivors to tell their stories, for empathy, and for healing.
She spent more than a decade persevering and advocating on the behalf of those whose stories are marginalized, or not told at all. Then the idea she started went viral, transforming into global conversation and, we must hope, change.
The image of the black hole event horizon presented last month required two years of computer analysis, data from 8 observatories on three continents, and a team of 200 scientists, which included 20xx U-M Electrical Engineering graduate Katie Bouman.
We have now seen what had previously been described as un-seeable, and pushed the frontiers of knowledge to the darkest regions of the universe.
And during the 20xx midterm election, Tufts University reports that youth turnout increased in every state for which they have data. In 27 states, it rose by double digits.
Plus, precincts that serve Big Ten campuses saw their turnout increase by an average of 24 percentage points. This is more than double the increase in nearby areas, indicating that students made their voice heard. Higher turnout was a goal of the Big Ten Voting Challenge. Well done!
Choosing to commit to the work needed to make change, and see it through, can produce amazing results – but it can also frustrate.
Change doesn’t happen in a straight line. It’s messy. It can take years, or even decades.
But when it is founded on principled dedication, collaboration, and hope – all the ingredients are in place.
Our campus has wonderful examples.
Commencement is a milestone—one of life’s landmark occasions, a time when graduates, family members, and friends gather to celebrate past and future.
At the University of Michigan, Spring Commencement is a festive, campus-wide event where graduates are recognized by their school or college as a group, and honorary degrees are conferred. In addition to Spring Commencement, which all graduates are welcome to attend, each school, college and campus hold individual ceremonies to celebrate their graduates’ s of 20xx, Congratulations!
I join your professors, family members and friends in expressing my utmost pride as we celebrate your accomplishments as the newest graduates of the University of Michigan.
Graduates, you did it!
Each one of you earned a place here – and you made the most of it.
I know that for many of you, the road to get here was not easy. Perhaps you traversed some potholes along the way.
I have it on the highest authority, however, that these potholes are about to be filled, and the roads are going to get fixed …
But for those of you who are first-generation students, military veterans, or from communities, cities and towns that don’t send many students to Michigan – I hope you are especially relishing this day.
As members of the Class of 20xx, all of you have conquered the rigors of our curricula.
You exceled in your studies, your research, your advocacy and your service. You found ways to navigate central campus, when we decided to renovate the LS&A building and the Union at the same time. And you even survived a polar vortex – with not one, but TWO, days of canceled classes.
Since we are here, you must have used that time to study.
In the walls of ice, in the thrones of iron, we see a mirror for our times.
We recognize our own world, where too many live for their tribe alone. Where too often, we listen only to those who think, look, and believe as we do.
Where the game seems rigged against open and free exploration. We hear too few dissenting voices, and we consider too few conflicting views. But remember: None of this is inevitable.
We can glorify our own tribe to the exclusion of others. We can build up our walls, and we can cast down those who are different.
Or we can better use the strength in our hearts and the power in our hands.
Our many identities and beliefs: We make these our threads. Our diverse backgrounds and goals: They become our loom.
From this world of differences, we can weave a tapestry of communities.
Weaving…yeah…weaving is hard work, especially when we interlace many into one. Our identities may clash. Our beliefs diverge. We disagree over where we want to go. We argue about the best way to get there.
But when – together – we embrace the challenge, the cloth of human understanding grows more resilient. We craft something stronger by far…by far than iron thrones and walls of ice.
As many of you may know, I am a first-generation college graduate – I’m proud of it. My family had very little money. We lived in a small town.
And try as I might to fit in, I always felt like an outsider and often was treated as one. My father was an immigrant, and the only person around who spoke with a strong foreign accent. In elementary school, I was the only Jewish girl.
And…and one day – I remember this vividly – in fifth grade, I learned just how easily false stereotypes about minorities can arise.
That’s when another blond-haired, blue-eyed girl moved into my class. My best friend Diane took one look, turned to me, and said, “Oh! She must be Jewish, too!”
My hometown may not have understood or celebrated diversity, but it treated me and my family respectfully.
I never took that for granted given my father’s escape from Nazi Germany. My parents even joined with others in neighboring towns to create the first synagogue.
Wonderfully…wonderfully…wonderfully dedicated and caring teachers helped prepare me for college. And I couldn’t wait to go.
Last month we opened our Trotter Multicultural Center on State Street. This inspirational new home devoted to unity, peace and understanding brings together people from all backgrounds, in a building planned and designed in collaboration with students.
It was an historic change for our campus — and it was made possible by a legacy of student activism. Members of our Black Student Union, past and present, shared their experiences on our campus and their aspirations for a better Michigan. Some are even graduating today.
They mobilized their fellow students and called on, and worked with, the university to create the new Trotter.
And while our work to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion is far from finished, the University of Michigan is changed for the better.
Another member of the Class of 20xx used the power of journalism to create change.
In March of 20xx, Kevin Sweitzer wrote an editorial in the Michigan Daily criticizing the name of a house in our West Quad residence hall. Winchell House had been named after a 19th century U-M professor, whose published work supported white supremacy.
In 20xx, Kevin submitted a formal request under the process we established to reconsider the names of university spaces. After a review by our prominent committee of historians, humanists, and many other experts, we removed the Winchell name.
Kevin is graduating today, from a university changed for the better.
CSG President Daniel Greene, who also graduates today, spent much of his time in office advocating for greater affordability, food security, mental health services, and diversity.
The results produced by CSG this year include a housing survey, the expansion of a food pantry for students in need, greater mental health awareness, and a plan to help student organizations achieve their full potential.
我是湖北民族學院應屆本科畢業生，專業是臨床醫學。明年6月我將順利畢業並獲得臨床醫學學士學位。近期獲知貴公司正在招聘人才，我自信我在大學五年的學習情況會有助於我來應聘這些職位。
大學五年，我努力學習各門專業知識，在校時各科考試均取得了優良的成績。實習期間，我積極主動學習，對於各科的常見多發病有了較深的瞭解。特別是外科，曾在老師指導下主刀一次闌尾切除術，獲得了帶教老師的好評。
我有較好的計算機知識和應用能力，並於20xx年通過了全國計算機等級考試(二級qbasic)的考核，現在正準備參加三級網路技術考試。我能熟練的進行windows98操作，並能使用c，qbasic等語言程式設計，並能熟練運用offices軟體。我具備英語的聽說讀寫能力，於20xx年通過了cet-4。
在大學期間，我多次獲得各項獎學金，發表多篇文章，還擔任過班幹部，具有很強的組織和協調能力。很強的事業心和責任感使我能夠面隊任何困難和挑戰。我很希望能加盟貴公司，發揮我的潛力。隨信附上我的簡歷。如有機會與您面談，我將十分感謝。
四年大學生涯使我積累了充分的文化知識，社會實踐能力有了提高，也讓我在心理上有了質的飛躍. 在校期間，我遵守校紀校規，尊敬師長，團結同學，態度端正，鑽研專業知識。學習勤奮刻苦，成績優秀;關心同學，熱愛集體。有奉獻精神， 誠實守信，熱心待人，勇於挑戰自我。具體表現在：
學習方面，我覺得大學生的首要任務還是學好文化知識，所以在學習上我踏踏實實，一點也不放鬆。我認為好的學習方法對學好知識很有幫助，所以在每次考試後，我都會總結一下學習經驗。一份耕耘一分收穫，沒有什麼事是不可能的。光學好書本上的知識是遠遠不夠的。我認為學習是學生的職業，這份職業同樣需要有智慧、毅力和恆心。在當今這個快速發展的資訊時代，我們只有不斷汲取新知識，才不會落伍。
工作上，在大學期間我還擔任過團支書，具有很強的組織和協調能力。能在較短時間內適應高壓力的工作。強烈的事業心和責任感使我能夠面隊任何困難和挑戰。
大學裡，豐富多彩的社會生活和井然有序而又緊張的學習氣氛，使我得到多方面不同程度的鍛鍊和考驗;正直和努力是我做人的原則;沉著和冷靜是我遇事的態度;愛好廣泛使我非常充實;眾多的朋友使我倍感富有!我很強的事業心和責任感使我能夠面對任何困難和挑戰。
我期望能在廣闊的天地裡展現自己的才能，希望能借助這個機會，找一個能展現自己實力的舞臺。我自信能憑自己的能力和學識在畢業以後的工作和生活中克服各種困難，不斷實現自我的人生價值和追求的目標。
大家下午好!我很榮幸作為一名學生代表在畢業典禮上發言，此時此刻我心裡面是無比的激動，因為我將要離開培養我關心我的母校，將要和一起學會成長的在座朋友們分開。光陰似箭，四年過去了，在這段時間裡我學會了很多很多，學會了怎樣去學習，學會了怎樣去做人，學會了怎樣去奉獻。正是由於母校給我這樣的機會去鍛鍊，如今才讓我獲得了人生中第一次成功找到了一份滿意的工作，在此我請允許我介紹一下如何去贏得公司的信賴，如何贏得他人的尊重。
有人說如今找工作難，找到好工作更難!的確，現實的情況就是這樣，參加過就業招聘會的人都知道，現在大學生真是太多了!但是你有沒有想過，大學生多僅僅是一個方面，工作崗位還是很多，尤其我們江蘇地區，最主要的原因還是不夠優秀，如果每個人都是用最嚴格的標準來要求自己，真正在大學裡面掌握文化知識，學會了為人的道理，學會了理性去思考問題，怎麼可能會找不到工作了!我想這句話是很重要的“沒有人會知道你有多大能耐，只有靠自己去證明給別人看”就這些方面結合我個人想法主要從以下幾點來談：
第一、要樹立自信的心理當然自信的背後也要有自己的汗水，要打有準備之仗，我相信上天總是將辛運之神降臨到辛勤勞動的人。在我出去找工作的過程當中，也遇到了不少的困難，但是你要相信這句話，“天生我才必有用”在很多人心理總是有這樣的陰影，認為我自己現在的雙重身份會不會引起用人單位的懷疑，會不會招受到用人單位的冷遇，會不吃閉門羹，這種心理我想人人都會有，但是從我過來人來看，現在用人單位看重學校的越來越少，關鍵是你是否有這個能力能夠打動面試的考官，有沒有這個能力一下子讓面試官對你有印象!在單位實習過程當中，我代表揚子江出去參加了七場招聘會，當然從被面試者轉變為面試官當時還有種不太適應的感覺，但是我清楚的感受到了這兩者之間的差距，那種差距其實就是概括成一句話“態度決定一切”，往往現在的學生都是比較自傲，沒有一種虛心的態度，總是認為自己了不起，這種心理千萬不能有，要努力踏實讓其他人對你的評價是了不起，坦然的面對一切。從不要掩飾自己的身份，不管是那個學校，只要你認真對待，對自己的前途負責，你就能獲得相應的成功。
第二、我主要講的是要有執著心理，不能放棄每次的機會，不能總是認為這次不行下次再來!在我每次面試過程鍾，我都是把握好機會，把每次的面試當作是最後一次，當作這就是我所想得到的工作，千萬不要想這次不行還有下次，下次不行還有下次。這樣你就會全力以赴去競爭這個崗位，當一個人充滿自信，充滿了渴望，我想事情已經成功了一大半!其實在座所有的人都能做到這一點，只是你願不願意去做，有沒有這樣的習慣。機會總是賦予哪些有頭腦、有準備，有毅力的人。
第三、我講到就是心寬，在茫茫人海中，肯定有比你強的人，如果和他們競爭，也許你會感覺到心理不是那麼自信，誠然，這種心理是很正常的，但是每一次都要把自己的水平發揮出來，就算沒有競爭過其他人，那麼在這次面試的過程當中為什麼輸給了競爭對手，自己要總結，就算給自己一次鍛鍊的機會，這就叫心寬，有了一次次努力，你就會自然的學會了如何去展現自己，我相信在座的每一位都很強，只要你們有信心，有膽識，就一定能到達勝利的彼岸。
在競爭的駭浪中，你不前進必然要倒退，你不努力，必然會失敗，現在學校給了我們這樣一個好的機會，我們就應該更加要努力，讓自己在宿遷學院的校園裡成長起來，再有著聯建高校做堅強的後盾，儘管放飛自己的翅膀，飛的越高越遠。
敬愛的領導，老師們，在次為我代表02級全體同學向你們表示感謝，感謝你們在這四年來對我們的關愛和幫助，我們永遠會牢記在心理。
Tim Cook addresses Tulane University graduates at Commencement 20xx at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on May 18, 20xx in New Orleans, Louisiana. Josh Brasted/Getty Images
On Saturday, Apple CEO Tim Cook, who was recently acclaimed as an even better leader than the legendary Steve Jobs, carved out a morning from his very busy schedule to deliver a commencement speech for the 20xx graduates of Tulane University in New Orleans.
Back in February, when Tulane confirmed Cook as its commencement speaker for this year, the university’s president Mike Fitts touted that the Apple CEO, who enjoys the reputation as one of the world’s most workaholic bosses, “represents the kind of success we hope all of our graduates can attain.”
But as soon as Cook stepped up to the podium on Saturday, his message to Tulane’s graduates became the very opposite of what was expected of him—instead of presenting himself as a role model for the young graduates in the audience, Cook encouraged them to challenge older generations’ successes and to find their own.
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