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It’s been a headline-grabbing commencement season, filled with student walkouts, canceled ceremonies and controversial remarks from a pro football kicker. Amid that brouhaha, here’s the best actual career advice speakers gave new grads entering the workplace.Graduates at the Georgetown University Law Center commencement ceremony in Washington, DC.
Protests at university campuses around the world over the unfolding conflict in Gaza have disrupted campuses as thousands of students approached final exams. Some schools, like Columbia University and University of Southern California, canceled their main commencement ceremonies over “safety precautions.” At, Yale and Duke Universities, as well as Morehouse College, students turned their backs to speakers or walked out in the middle of graduation speeches.
In other cases, the content of the speeches themselves drew controversy. Attendees at the Ohio State University’s commencement ceremony booed social entrepreneur Chris Pan after he called bitcoin “a very misunderstood asset class.
But it wasn’t all jeremiads or walkouts. Commencement speakers across the country delivered some valuable pieces of career advice to graduates. We’ve rounded up the best of them below.It might feel like you’re leaving your college friends and classmates behind, but your university’s alumni network isn’t one to let go while you’re looking for your next career opportunity. Emmy-winning actress andQuinta Brunson reminded graduates about the power of college connections.
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