Hilary Rodham Clinton Receives Honorary Degree (Updated two months ago)

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Hillary Rodham Clinton at SFSU Commencement: First Lady Clinton delivered the commencement address; the Clinton Presidential Library catalog lists the speech for 5/27/1995, and contemporary coverage recaps the remarks. Clinton Digital Library (https://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/55170), SFGATE (https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Hillary-Clinton-tells-grads-at-S-F-State-Thank-3146354.php) Annette Bening, a graduate of San Francisco State University (B.A. '80), in the background.

Tags: campus visitors and speakers , graduations and commencements

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  • Identifier: TP-ATA-2084
  • Date: May 27, 1995
  • Context: <p><strong>Key Highlights from Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s SFSU Commencement Speech (May 27, 1995)</strong></p> <p><strong>On why SFSU mattered:</strong></p> <p><em>&ldquo;This university takes the education of all people seriously&mdash;women, minorities, immigrants, refugees. Everyone who is willing to work hard and accept responsibility is welcome here.&rdquo;</em></p> <p><strong>On substance over style:</strong></p> <p><em>&ldquo;The question for all of us is, do we define ourselves by our style or by our substance?&rdquo;</em></p> <p><strong>On resilience and perseverance:</strong></p> <p><em>&ldquo;You have paid your dues&hellip; Experience teaches, and you have brought your experiences to this campus.&rdquo;</em></p> <p><strong>On education as opportunity:</strong></p> <p><em>&ldquo;If we sound the retreat on education, we deny opportunity.&rdquo;</em></p> <p><strong>On service and character:</strong></p> <p><em>&ldquo;Service is about building character&hellip; walking the walk and building a civil society that lives up to its ideals.&rdquo;</em></p> <p><strong>On materialism:</strong></p> <p><em>&ldquo;Materialism is dictating our tastes and desires, our values and dreams.&rdquo;</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Credits:</strong></p> <p>The key points of the commencement address was put together with the assistance of ChatGPT, an AI language model by OpenAI.</p>
  • Geographic Coverage: San Francisco, CA
  • Temporal Coverage: 1995
  • Type: Still Image
  • Source: San Francisco State University Archives
  • Rights: Public

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