2016 graduates are told ‘the world needs you’

Students

Chancellor Block joined thousands of 2016 graduates and their families and friends at the College commencement ceremony at Pauley Pavilion.

“I want to leave you with this one idea that is, for me, axiomatic. That is: The world needs you. That’s it. Who you are, what you have to give — the world needs it. Now,” said Chancellor Block. “When we look at our world, our countries and our communities, we can see much that is right as well as much that is wrong, much that needs repair.”

Read Chancellor Block’s speech.

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