When NASA astronauts first walked on the moon in 1969, eight-year-old Pamela Melroy was watching. Very few people who saw the Eagle land have forgotten the sight, but for Pam, the experience was more than awe-inspiring-it changed the course of her life.
Scripps
College Alumna Offers Advice about Commencement Addresses:
^ Whitney Eriksen, Scripps ’09 was one of eight
sages who offered advice about what matters in a commencement address.
Erickson said that commencement speakers must inspire graduates, family,
friends, faculty and others – but they must lose the clichés:
"Give your own advice
in your own words. We know today is the first day of the rest of our
lives. Last year, for example, Legally Blonde screenwriter Kirsten
Smith told Scripps College’s Class of 2008, ‘Today is
the beginning of your Act 2.’ She nailed it."
The calls to action issued by commencement speakers at women’s colleges
are linked below:
Colleges Should Boycott Bogus College Ratings Game
Rip it up and throw it away. That's the advice I'm giving my fellow college and university presidents ... as the "reputation survey" from U.S. News & World Report lands on our desks.