Videos - Commencement 2008
*music plays, applause*
Robert A. Kennedy, President, University of Maine: "Commencement is,
above all, a time when we celebrate the academic achievements of our
students, confer on them the degrees they have earned, and acknowledge
our faculty and staff for their role in making those achievements
possible. And it is a celebration--one that each of you has earned the
right to attend and enjoy."
Doug Hall, Inventor and Commencement Speaker: "America is a nation based
on hope that things can change. Class of 2008, hear me now: It's time
for a change. A ginormous change. It's time for a new American
revolution--a revolution against conformity, and in particular, a
revolution against the thinking of me and my fellow Baby Boomers. We
therefore, the graduates of UMaine, do solemnly declare that we are free
from all unjustified allegiance to Baby Boomer thinking, and that as
free and independent thinkers, we have the full power to use our brains,
to create, and take action."
*applause*
*reading of names*
Announcer: "Terrence Robert Tibbets. John William Wiebe. Shannon Marie
Fodder. Shawn M. DeMary."
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