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Post by CHC8485 on Apr 11, 2019 7:40:28 GMT -5
The commencement speaker and honorary degree recipients have been announced
Jane McAuliffe - Former president of Bryn Mawr, fomer Dean of Georgetown College and Islam scholar will be the speaker.
Honorary degrees to
Fr. Sean Carroll, S.J., executive director of the Kino Border Initiative Frank Kartheiser '72, founder of Mustard Seed and Worcester Interfaith
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Post by alum on Apr 11, 2019 8:03:51 GMT -5
Not a high profile name, but McAuliffe appears to be an interesting scholar. Per her Wikipedia page, she has an honorary degree from Notre Dame. She is a colleague at Georgetown of Professor John Esposito who taught at HC back in the day and was then and continued to be a high profile commenter on Islamic issues.
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Post by gks on Apr 11, 2019 8:20:38 GMT -5
Students interest in her speech.....zero.
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Post by CHC8485 on Apr 11, 2019 8:43:20 GMT -5
Students' interest in virtually any commencement speakers speech ... zero.
My interest in the speaker, Paul Nitze, going into my graduation ... zero. My interest in his speech after graduation ... something less than that.
I'll be in attendance at the DCU May 24 and am more interested in their impressions of the speech after it's delivered.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 11, 2019 8:43:33 GMT -5
Students interest in her speech.....zero. Have you heard or read the speech ? A preview ? pretty quick judgment
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Apr 11, 2019 8:54:49 GMT -5
Students' interest in virtually any commencement speakers speech ... zero. I disagree. There are many, many men and women who have given compelling and entertaining speeches that I'm sure graduates have enjoyed listening to for 10-15 minutes.
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Post by CHC8485 on Apr 11, 2019 9:35:34 GMT -5
They enjoyed or were excited about the speech a month prior to it being given?
Should have been clearer ... How many said - Oh boy can't wait to hear him or her when the speaker was announced?
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Post by alum on Apr 11, 2019 9:47:10 GMT -5
They enjoyed or were excited about the speech a month prior to it being given? Should have been clearer ... How many said - Oh boy can't wait to hear him or her when the speaker was announced? I certainly didn't think I would be excited about the speech of a first term governor of New York before it was delivered. Who knew that he was trying out topics for the speech that he would give to the Democratic National Convention a couple of months later? FWIW, I have often wondered if Tim Russert (who was later a commencement speaker at HC himself) wrote the Cuomo speech as he was a top aide to the governor at the time.
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Post by Tom on Apr 11, 2019 10:32:20 GMT -5
They enjoyed or were excited about the speech a month prior to it being given? Should have been clearer ... How many said - Oh boy can't wait to hear him or her when the speaker was announced? I certainly didn't think I would be excited about the speech of a first term governor of New York before it was delivered. Who knew that he was trying out topics for the speech that he would give to the Democratic National Convention a couple of months later? FWIW, I have often wondered if Tim Russert (who was later a commencement speaker at HC himself) wrote the Cuomo speech as he was a top aide to the governor at the time. Had you hung around another year, you would have been way more excited by Gov Cuomo than Paul Nitze. I also thought the two after me were worth excitement. Fortunately we kind of made up for a well below average speaker with a really good valedictorian.
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Post by CHC8485 on Apr 11, 2019 10:50:56 GMT -5
Agree, Tom. Dr. Dave McDowell (RIP) was fantastic. Was pleased to see it included as part of our yearbook.
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Post by Chu Chu on Apr 11, 2019 11:30:43 GMT -5
Students interest in her speech.....zero. How many students did you talk to about the choice?
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Post by alum on Apr 11, 2019 11:44:10 GMT -5
Agree, Tom. Dr. Dave McDowell (RIP) was fantastic. Was pleased to see it included as part of our yearbook. I am sure Dave was great. He was an interesting guy. Cuomo was by far the best speaker I have ever heard live and having Solzhenitsyn there as well was pretty cool. At my oldest child's graduation from Mount Holyoke, an old civil rights leader, Bernard Lafayette was not the principal speaker but received an honorary degree and said a few words. He was funny and inspiring. Three years later he was the principal speaker at my son's graduation from St. Mike's. He spoke for forty minutes in a gym that had to have been 90 degrees. I didn't like him as much the second time around.
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Post by crusader99 on Apr 11, 2019 12:41:15 GMT -5
My wife and I have a graduating senior. I can speak with authority that none of the dozen + graduates that that our child has spoken with are happy with the selection. The political correctness thrown at this group by the school, thankfully, ends on 5/24/2019.
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Post by timholycross on Apr 11, 2019 13:28:29 GMT -5
I certainly didn't think I would be excited about the speech of a first term governor of New York before it was delivered. Who knew that he was trying out topics for the speech that he would give to the Democratic National Convention a couple of months later? FWIW, I have often wondered if Tim Russert (who was later a commencement speaker at HC himself) wrote the Cuomo speech as he was a top aide to the governor at the time. Had you hung around another year, you would have been way more excited by Gov Cuomo than Paul Nitze. I also thought the two after me were worth excitement. Fortunately we kind of made up for a well below average speaker with a really good valedictorian. That was what happened with my class, 1973. Daniel Berrigan was the speaker. His speech sucked. (NOT a political statement by any means, don't interpret my comment as such!). The valedictorian's speech was excellent and I didn't know him from a hole in the wall.
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Post by hc811215 on Apr 11, 2019 13:44:24 GMT -5
When we graduated in 1981 we found out that our commencement speaker was Helen Hayes, causing some to quip, "we asked for a speaker for the 80's not in her 80's." Her speech was almost instantly forgettable. Although I wasn't present so can not speak to its delivery, Mark Shriver's commencement address in 2010 is still the best HC address I have read. www.holycross.edu/commencement/commencement-archives/2010-principal-address
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Apr 11, 2019 14:05:06 GMT -5
My wife and I have a graduating senior. I can speak with authority that none of the dozen + graduates that that our child has spoken with are happy with the selection. The political correctness thrown at this group by the school, thankfully, ends on 5/24/2019. The boxes certainly seem to have been checked.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 11, 2019 14:07:01 GMT -5
Mark Shriver’s speech was both crafted well and delivered eloquently. A long time member of the Board who had attended many graduations, said it was the best since Mark’s mother, Eunice’s address.
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Post by HC92 on Apr 11, 2019 19:44:45 GMT -5
My wife and I have a graduating senior. I can speak with authority that none of the dozen + graduates that that our child has spoken with are happy with the selection. The political correctness thrown at this group by the school, thankfully, ends on 5/24/2019. Sad to see this post. I have to say that I get less and less excited about sending my own kids to HC with each passing day. The oldest is a high school freshman with a 4.3 GPA at the local Catholic high school. A few years ago, I would have loved for him to go to HC. Now, I’m honestly not so sure.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 11, 2019 19:59:58 GMT -5
Not very recent, but the two of my children who graduated in ‘03 and ‘06 had terrific experiences, great teachers and strong preparation for grad schools. their closest friends are fellow Crusaders..
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Post by CHC8485 on Apr 11, 2019 20:40:12 GMT -5
I agree and my experience is pretty recent. Very positive overall experience for both kids and believe they would tell you the same thing.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 11, 2019 23:13:04 GMT -5
My older daughter is HC 2009--extremely positive experience at HC
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Post by Chu Chu on Apr 12, 2019 8:25:08 GMT -5
My older daughter is HC 2009--extremely positive experience at HC My daughter, as well! The college is trying to make "Becoming men and women for others" more than a slogan.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Apr 17, 2019 8:41:25 GMT -5
The college is trying to appease many people in the public eye too, and are coming off recently as pushovers. Stand for everything = stand for nothing.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 17, 2019 8:50:29 GMT -5
or maybe the College is standing for principles and values that some do not agree with
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Post by WCHC Sports on Apr 17, 2019 10:15:07 GMT -5
There's no way I can reasonably disagree with that statement, 'hoops, but my observation at a distance is that they want to piggyback onto the whims of a social progressive movement, and not lead from a traditionally Catholic point of view. Perhaps it's the Jesuit slant. Perhaps it's a complete lack of direction or leadership. Perhaps it's a business ploy as a for-profit college, and an effort to attract a certain type of customer. I'm not even saying it's a bad thing, although I personally lean towards it being that way.
To SoV's allusion above and on topic for this thread, HC wanted a female, liberal, academic, whose expertise is in Islam. Check check check check. Many times this is an opportunity to pick a big name and bring some brand recognition to the national consciousness. Does Keanu Reeves need an honoroary degree? No, but it's fake anyway so who really cares. My first reaction to this speaker, and many others recently (including at my own graduation) was much like njcrusader's kid and friends: "Who?"
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