Nice article on last weeks graduation ceremonies…

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There was one joke from the podium about moving back in with Mom and Dad, but the grads picking up their diplomas at one of five ceremonies at Florida Atlantic University are uniformly optimistic, despite the economy.

All the speakers shared the universal graduation themes of promise, optimism and failure is not an option. "The world is out there waiting for you to make your unique contribution," Tiffany Weimar, student government president told the grads.

FAU's class of 2010 numbers 2,575 students, said John F. Pritchett, interim president. [FAU's new president Mary Jane Saunders hasn't start work yet.]

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