Commencement

“At matriculation, you entered as individuals,” Gilliam said in her President’s Charge to the Graduates. “And today, at Commencement, you leave as part of a global network of alumni of this great institution. And, yet, I know that there will undoubtedly be times when you feel alone or uncertain. I have experienced these feelings in my own life, and I suspect that all of us here at Nickerson Field have felt this at some point or another. It is part of what it means to be alive, to grow, to reach beyond what is known.