Matriculation address

Colleges & Universities Tufts University
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<p>visit this link to read the matriculation speeches frm 2001-2005</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.tufts.edu/president/President-Com_Article-President_Com_Article_Template_Full_1135697892340.html[/url]”>http://www.tufts.edu/president/President-Com_Article-President_Com_Article_Template_Full_1135697892340.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I was there for the 2004 speech. Tears rolling down my face, exhausted from the process, exhilarated by possibilities I hung on every word.Strangely connected to new faces.Then a Mom behind me commented in my ear - “at least the roommate is normal”. At 4:30p, parents were dismissed. I returned to the Ameri-Suites alone, I shared a bottle of wine in the breakfast area now oddly quiet with a few of my new faces- we laughed and we hugged - bonded in the moment. It was going to be okay.</p>