Commencement is on the horizon for many an undergraduate in
the coming weeks (Mine was twelve years ago today), and one of the more interesting subjects that comes up around
this time is the list of speakers. Some people have had the Obamas. Dick Cheney
spoke at FSU once. Bill Clinton and Soledad O’Brien spoke at different FAMU
ceremonies the same spring. I heard Dr. Humphries (in his final semester as
president) and a state Supreme Court justice at two of my three graduations
(didn’t go to the third). I heard Judge Hatchett at my cousin’s graduation…she
was really good.
Anyway: if I were graduating in a couple weeks, who would I
want to hear? No, I won’t count anyone I’ve heard already.
