Sentence examples for good commencement from inspiring English sources

A good commencement speech gets graduates motivated about their futures; a great commencement speech gets cited as a source of inspiration for years after and resonates with more than just college students.

Neil Gaiman melted more than a few hearts when he delivered the inspirational "Make Good Art" commencement speech at Philadelphia's the University of the Arts this past May.

Apple CEO Tim Cook urged graduating George Washington University students to follow their values and find a job that helps them do good in a commencement speech delivered Sunday.

The Ugandan government responded that the company had no right to claim tax on such goods prior to commencement of drilling.

She stopped talking for a moment, then asked, "Does that sound totally Pollyanna-ish?" No, but it sounds like good material for a commencement speech.

For Orthodox Christians, Lent is an "arena of virtues" and one reason why Greek Orthodox wish each other Kalo Agona (translated accurately but poorly to "good fight") on Clean Monday, the commencement of Lent.

In addition, the study identified low haemoglobin and lower eGFR prior to commencement of dialysis as good predictors of early mortality reflecting findings from other investigators [ 13, 14].

I don't recall prizes at Annie Wright, but we had a number of coveted academic privileges and honors, the crowning one being to be chosen valedictorian at commencement, which was almost as good as having been May Queen.

Table 1 shows the demographic breakdown of the women and the extent to which good practice was being followed prior to commencement of the study.

On May 18 , 2008 Pausch made a surprise return appearance at Carnegie Mellon, giving a speech at the commencement ceremony, as well as attending the School of Computer Science's diploma ceremony, and on May 19 Pausch appeared on the show Good Morning America.

A Colgate commencement speech isn't always a good omen.