“This 12 months has turned us inside out, and as I sit right here with you all right here immediately, my friends, my extraordinary, inspiring friends, I can’t assist however really feel full of a more recent, extra profound form of hope. Delight, resilience and hope. I’ve watched you all carry each other by means of the final two years—roughly, relying in your MSW pathway—and carry me by means of my final two years and it feels surreal and blissful to say to you, we made it…We’ve crawled up the branches, we’ve constructed our nests and now it’s time for us to take flight. Graduates, the world has by no means wanted us extra. To the category of 2021, congratulations and joyful commencement.”
