Tom Hanks Delivers Virtual Commencement Address to Wright State Graduates

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH This was a very nice surprise for our graduates and a very nice moment in the very uneven recent history of our university. I’m here to say congratulations. Congratulations to you chosen ones. I am calling you the chosen ones because you have been chosen in many ways. First, by the…

Maybe Cancelling Commencements Was Not a Completely Terrible Idea

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The Atlantic’s weekly collection of news photos included one of the cadets graduating from the Air Force Academy. It prompted me to look for a fuller selection of photos of the ceremony. I know that the anything military is going to be more regimented than a civilian equivalent, but this just…

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Tom Hanks Delivers Virtual Commencement Address to Wright State Graduates

Maybe Cancelling Commencements Was Not a Completely Terrible Idea