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From the
WellesleyWire, 6/3/03 - Special Commencement Issue
NPR’s LINDA
WERTHEIMER ’65 TELLS WELLESLEY GRADS THE WORLD NEEDS "A FEW GOOD WOMEN"
New England’s
persistent rains cleared last week just in time for Wellesley’s 125th
commencement exercises, which took place in a big tent on Severance
Green. Wellesley conferred 612 bachelor of arts degrees on 586
traditional-age graduating seniors and 26 non-traditional-age Davis
Scholars under a Wellesley-blue sky.
Veteran broadcast
journalist Linda Wertheimer, an alumna from the Class of 1965, addressed
the Class of 2003 and assembled faculty, trustees, family, and friends.
Wertheimer noted in today's uncertain and conflict-ridden world, the
U.S. government and military could use the infusion of some new ideas,
adding, "Maybe what's needed now are a few good women. "Senior and
College Government President Dana Weekes addressed her fellow graduates
as the traditional student Commencement speaker, asking them to "build
the stage for the next generation. Be the next trailblazer... Be the
next and/or be the first." In her annual "Charge to the Class,"
President Diana Chapman Walsh urged the seniors "to take the great
privilege of the education [they] received here and tackle in every way
[they] can the miseries of much of the world." At the same time, she
reminded them to slow down and savor life and friendships, as they had
most recently during Senior Week. "I urge you to ask yourselves what it
might be like to live your whole life in the state of alert and
open-hearted awareness that I suspect you have brought to this last week
together," she said.
To read the full
text of the Commencement speeches and to view photos from the event,
visit:
http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Commencement/index.html
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