Seth MacFarlane (creator of Family Guy and American Dad!) gives his advice to Harvard graduates as himself, Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, and Glenn Quagmire. See parts 2-4 for the characters’ speeches.
Duration : 0:4:30
Categories
Pages
Tags
2008 2009 address America barack Business campus Cappella Choir college commencement education Football funny Go Google graduation health Howard International Iran John life Live logo music New obama of president School science speech Stanford State Student Students Study technology The to university video Washington youArchives
Blogroll
Meta
Seth MacFarlane’s Harvard Class Day Speech (1 of 4)
George Dong’s University of Michigan Commencement Speech
For each commencement ceremony, a member of the graduating class was invited to present remarks to the entire class. A committee of students, staff and faculty selected George Dong as the spring 2009 commencement speaker.
George Dong came to Michigan from Fuzhou, China. Following graduation, he will work in the Teach for America program, teaching at a school in Chicago.
Transcript:
Good morning. First let me express my deepest gratitude for my unusual presence at this podium today. I came to Michigan from Fuzhou, China, about 7 thousand miles away. When I first came, I barely spoke English. In fact, I was so confused that I thought the Fishbowl was an aquarium, the Big House was a prison, and that North Face jackets and UGG boots were the unofficial school uniforms. As it turns out, I was only right about the last one.
Standing here today, I am extremely proud of Michigans rich tradition, I am grateful for my parents unconditional love and profound sacrifice that made this moment even possible, and I am aware of the diverse culture and heritage of all 50 states and 120 countries that are represented in the audience today.
Although our hometowns may be thousands of miles apart, it is the same Michigan experience that connects us all. It is the same Michigan Time that always saved us ten minutes of more sleep. It is the winged football helmets and the Hot Dog Man that we worshipped.
We have learned to speak different languages, learned to appreciate and celebrate different cultures, and learned to use our knowledge, talent and passion to engage our communities. It is the Michigan experience that has taught us to dream, that has taught us that yes we can and yes we will change the world one day.
It was October 14th, 1960, when President John F. Kennedy addressed students on the steps of our Michigan Union and proposed the establishment of the Peace Corps. Almost five decades later, Michigan men and women have continued to answer his call.
For example, this past summer, the Global Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates (GIEU) started a maternal mortality prevention program in Ghana.
A student group called the Youth Hope Organization traveled to Anhui, China, to work with the AIDS Orphan Salvation ociation.
I know many of you will work to alleviate poverty in Asia, to provide humanitarian aid in Africa, and to transform education and infrastructure in Latin America.
As for me, a Chinese student who barely spoke English years ago, I will be teaching English in the inner city of Chicago after graduation.
With the education and experience that this University has given us, we have learned that we share the same desire for peace and prosperity, the same quest for justice and equality, and the same love for openness and opportunity.
This past November, students of every color and every nationality united on the Michigan Diag to celebrate the historical election of the first African-American president, Barack Obama.
That chilly night on the Diag, I heard cheers and I saw tears. Not only was I watching a moment of excitement, but a movement for service to those less fortunate, both here and abroad. As President Obama said: Yes we can heal this nation. Yes we can repair this world.
You and I, my fellow graduates of the Class of 2009, my maize and blue brothers and sisters, and my fellow citizens of the world, let us embrace all the peoples of the world with the binding force of our warm Michigan spirit and love, with courage and devotion, with strength and sacrifice to make a true Michigan Difference in the world.
To me, that is why its great to be a Michigan Wolverine.
Go Blue!
Duration : 0:8:27
Northwestern University Student Commencement Address 2006
Northwestern University’s 148th Commencement Ceremony featuring Sen. Barack Obama and Student Speaker Russ Armstrong. Armstrong’s speech was later published in the Chicago Tribune.
Duration : 0:6:28
Elon University - Douglas Finberg Commencement Address
Douglas Finberg, senior vice president of international marketing for Paramount Pictures and a 1994 Elon alumnus, delivered Elon’s 2008 commencement address on May 24, 2008.
Duration : 0:14:27
Ellen DeGeneres’ Tulane University Commencement Speech (HQ)
© Ellen DeGeneres
NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED! for promotional use only.
Ellen DeGeneres’ Tulane University Commencement Speech 5/16/09
Duration : 0:9:31
Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan at Mumbai University-1
Lok Satta leader Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan’s speech at Mumbai University on politics and related issues
Duration : 0:9:23
John Grisham’s Virginia University Finals Address Part 2
Finals Address at the University of Virginia by John Grisham on May 20, 2007.
The University of Virginia’s Class of 2007 received a picture-perfect send-off on Sunday, urged by acclaimed author John Grisham to “Savor the moment, savor the day, because it cannot be repeated.”
http://www.johngrishamonline.com
http://www.virginia.edu/majorevents/archives/2007/
Duration : 0:10:1
JFK - We choose to go to the Moon, full length
“We choose to go to the Moon”
As we sit at the precipice of a new era of exploration, I thought it appropriate to revisit the original inspiration and rationale for the first lunar exploration program as so eloquently stated by John F. Kennedy. The original speech by JFK was held in Houston, TX at the Rice Stadium in the fall of 1962.
“Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said, ‘Because it is there.’ Well, space is there, and we’re going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God’s blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked.”
-John F. Kennedy, Rice University, Sept. 12, 1962
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Speeches/JFK/003POF03SpaceEffort09121962.htm
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/We_choose_to_go_to_the_moon
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/main/index.html
www.rice.edu
www.nasa.gov
Duration : 0:17:48
Bono’s speech @ Harvard University (1/2)
06/06/2001
Unfortunately the speech is not complete..
Duration : 0:5:26
John Grisham’s Virginia University Finals Address Part 1
Finals Address at the University of Virginia by John Grisham on May 20, 2007.
The University of Virginia’s Class of 2007 received a picture-perfect send-off on Sunday, urged by acclaimed author John Grisham to “Savor the moment, savor the day, because it cannot be repeated.”
http://www.johngrishamonline.com
http://www.virginia.edu/majorevents/archives/2007/
Duration : 0:10:5