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DuVernay Tells Graduates to Live as Directors of Their Own Stories
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She noted that her presence as a woman of color on the stage was a shift from the original vision of the founders of the University.
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Film Director Ava DuVernay Named 2018 Convocation Speaker
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Ava DuVernay, the first black female director to have her movie nominated for a Golden Globe and Academy Award, will address Cornell’s Class of 2018 during Convocation on May 26 as the keynote speaker.
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Joe Biden Tells Cornell Seniors: ‘Go Out and Wake Us Up’
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Former Vice President Joe Biden told thousands of Cornell graduating seniors and their families that Cornell is “one of the great, great universities in the world” and implored graduates to “wake up,” be tolerant and make their mark on the world.
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Cornell Dairy to Make Memes Into Reality With Joe Biden-Themed Ice Cream
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Cornell Dairy is working to to name an ice cream flavor after former Vice President Joe Biden, who will speak at this year’s convocation on May 27.
class of 2016
James Franco: Consider Commencement the ‘Start’ of a Lifetime of Learning
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“You are the best our country has to offer, so please go out and be generous and be good,” he said to the Class of 2016.
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Exploring James Franco’s Complicated Commencement History
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“If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that no one remembers their commencement speaker’s speech,” Franco said in a Huffington Post article.
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Cornell Students React to James Franco Pick for Convocation
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A good convocation speaker should have “a story to tell,” and Franco’s “creativity and life experiences” satisfy this criterion, Salvagno said.
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James Franco Named Cornell’s 2016 Convocation Speaker
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Benfanti said this year’s speaker selection committee was determined to select a speaker whose background and experiences would “resonate with the widest audience possible.”
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Obama's Campaign Manager Set to Speak at Convocation
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David Plouffe, campaign manager for President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, will be this year’s convocation speaker, the Convocation Committee announced at yesterday’s Student Assembly meeting.
Plouffe, whom Obama has referred to as “the unsung hero” of “the best political campaign in the history of the United States of America,” will address this year’s graduating class.
“Our committee sought an individual who has had a profound impact on the society that our class has been prepared to enter,” C.J. Slicklen ’09 stated in an e-mail yesterday. Slicklen is chair of the Convocation Committee and a Sun columnist.