Graduation Speech: A Great Time to Be a Graduate :: Graduation Speech, Commencement Address

Ladies and Gentlemen we are assembled here this evening to celebrate the graduation of the Community College Class of 2012. With this celebration makes many distinctions, honors and legacies.This is a cracking time to be a graduate of Community College, because we are a group of students who are graduating with high grade point averages, leadinghip skills, general talent, plus we are leaving behind much to be respect by future screen outes. Our class is also a very divers(a) and dedicated one. As if being a student alone was non a difficult task, many of our classmates hold jobs outside of give instruction, are lively in their communities as coaches, volunteers, athletes and leaders, and many endure families to take care of.Our class has much to be excited about, many positive changes brook come to our school because of the efforts of those in our class. We have held many amazing programs the past dickens years and especially this year. We have had several nationally kn own speakers and leaders visit our campus to inform us about local, national and international events. They have also come to our campus to see what has been going on here in Loyville and how they can use our models to aid opposite programs. We have had such speakers as civil rights activist Dick Gregory, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., local screen writer and maker Sherman Alexie, Gov. Gary Locke and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray. These past two years have also seen the accompaniment in artwork here as well. Several new paintings and other hangings have been presented to the college, such as Dallas M. Gray Eagle Singhurst IIs Yu Pik fur blockade mask and the Loyville Community College History Mural painted by Bernie Webber. These artworks not only add to the campus but explain the history of the college and our community. There have been additions to school programs as well, including a womens soccer program, high school low Reach program designed to encourage local high school students to co me to EvCC, a health and wellness series, and even a college rowing club designed to help students catch the spirit of rowing.Members of the class of 99 and guests, I hold in my hand for you a special gift, from the classrooms of EvCC comes tonights Top 10 List. These are the top 10 reasons to be proud to be decompose of the graduating class of 199910.