Graduation Speech -- Graduation Speech, Commencement Address

Welcome, class of 2012. Today Im earning my Associate of learning degree and let me tell you it feels great. This f every last(predicate) Ill be studying natural philosophy at State University. Im so proud to be graduating with you here at Northern Community College. Tonight, were here to celebrate our accomplishments and you know we deserve it whitethorn we not forget how far we deplete come, and let us pay a bun in the oven to the future and continue to push ourselves to reach for our dreams and goals. Some sequence past we took that all so weighty first step. We recognized the VALUE and import of our educations and determined to better ourselves, and today each one of us has achieved an important goal. Congratulations to all of you. I know that it was not easy. Many of us had our doubts when we came to this campus. We worried that we were too young or too old. We may have been afraid because it was the first time wed perpetually been on a college campus. mayhap we didnt think we could handle the math, or the writing or the computers or what ever it was we told ourselves we could not do. However, we took the first step and came here to Northern Community College because we saw an opportunity to learn, to grow, to stretch ourselves in order to improve upon our abilities and rise to that neighboring level. Today, Northern will award approximately 1900 degrees or certificates. These students reflect a great diversity, something we should be very proud of here at Northern. We have students graduating tonight that represent many different cultures, and the one thing we all have in common is that we all had hopes of a better life history for ourselves and our families and we knew that self-improvement was the only way to achieve this goal. And we stuck with it. We overcame we so... ...orth your precious time to do what you love.So what is it that youre torrid about? Are you pursuing your passions? Are you passionate about what the future holds for yo u in your new career? Only you tush answer this question. I have agonized for quite some time over this and have concluded that I will NEVER, ever, regret spare-time activity my heart. In closing, I want to acknowledge that we could not have through with(p) this without the instructors and staff here at Northern Community College or our family and friends. So, convey you to all those people on campus who gave us their time. convey you to friends who believed in us. give thanks you to family members who encouraged us.Thank you to community members who supported us with scholarships and other opportunities. Thank you allAgain, Congratulations to the 2005 Graduating Class of Northern Community College