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Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep addresses the graduating seniors of Barnard College at its commencement ceremonies on May 17, 2010, in New York.
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First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during George Washington University's commencement ceremony on the National Mall in Washington, on Sunday, May 16, 2010.
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton gives the commencement address at West Virginia University Sunday, May 16, 2010, in Morgantown, W.Va.
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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., center, gestures to members of the graduating class at the conclusion of the Boston University Commencement, Sunday, May 16, 2010. Holder delivered the commencement address, and was awarded an honorary doctorate of law.
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor addresses graduates at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., on Sunday, May 16, 2010. Sotomayor addressed the graduating class at St. Lawrence University on Sunday after receiving an honorary law degree. Her niece, Kiley Anne Sotomayor, was participating in the school's 150th commencement, graduating with a psychology degree.
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Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, far right, is introduced before addressing University of Southern California students at their commencement on Friday, May 14, 2010, in Los Angeles. At left, USC Viterbi School of Engineering Dean, Dr. Yannis Yortsos, and University Salutatorian, Natasha Naik, Biomedical Engineering. Sullenberger was hailed as a hero after saving the lives of 155 US Airways passengers following an emergency water landing in the Hudson River in New York.
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Actor Alec Baldwin waves at the graduates during New York University's commencement ceremony Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at Yankee Stadium in New York.
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gives the keynote address during Emory University's commencement ceremony on Monday, May 10, 2010. Schwarzenegger received a Doctor of Laws honorary degree.
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President Barack Obama waves to graduates during the commencement ceremonies at historically black Hampton University in Hampton, Va., Sunday, May 9, 2010. Obama told the nearly 1,100 graduates assembled in the university's sun-splashed Armstrong Stadium, that they also have the added responsibility of being role models and mentors in their communities.
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First lady Michelle Obama speaks at commencement exercises at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in Pine Bluff, Ark., Saturday, May 8, 2010.
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Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., listens to the Star Spangled Banner during Commencement Ceremonies at Nichols College in Dudley, Mass., Saturday, May 8, 2010. Brown received an honorary degree from the college.
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Champion figure skater Michelle Kwan addresses the audience during the graduation ceremony at Southern Vermont College on Saturday, May 8, 2010, in Bennington, Vt. Kwan received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters.
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gives the commencement address at Johnson C. Smith University's class of 2010 spring graduation ceremony Sunday, May 2, 2010, in Charlotte, N.C. Rice's father, John, was a JCSU alum.
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President Barack Obama gives the commencement address at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Saturday, May 1, 2010. Obama took aim at the angry rhetoric of those who denigrate government as "inherently bad" and said their off-base line of attack ignores the fact that in a democracy, "government is us."
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Former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore speaks after he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws and Humane Letters in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology degree at the University of Tennessee spring commencement exercise for the College of Arts and Sciences on April 28, 2010. UT Interim President Jan Simek is at left.
