Sentence examples for It commencement from inspiring English sources

The bay was the starting point (1841) of a U.S. surveying party led by Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, who named it Commencement Bay.

The prospect of what lies ahead after we finish school might be frightening, yet when we do, we don ceremonial caps and gowns and call it "commencement," rather than "graduation".

It's commencement time, and close to two million college students around the country will be graduating in the coming days.

I want to emphasize that neither the opening of a preliminary review nor, if evidence warrants it, the commencement of a full investigation, means that charges will necessarily follow.

It turns out it is not commencement speeches or self-help books that make us hopeful.

This deflationary argument could be criticized for many reasons: it asks too little of the audience at a commencement; it is too detached from the intellectual give-and-take that characterizes the undergraduate experience at its best.

When Michelle Obama used it in her commencement address at Tuskegee University last year, the writer Britni Danielle described it on this website as the "one mantra many black parents drill into their children's heads throughout their life".

It's not the Oscars or the Olympics, but it is the commencement of the 3rd annual Crunchies Awards that we're pleased to co-host with GigaOm and VentureBeat (click for their coverage today).

It is not just a new set of tools but it embodies the commencement and embracing of a new culture, new approach, and new philosophy of conducting business (Booz et al. [2010]; Frappaolo et al. [2008]).

They heard it again yesterday, of course, as the school celebrated its 108th commencement.

"It's my commencement," one student told faculty members.