Commencement: Class of 2012

To the graduating class of 2012, congratulation!! You have made the amazing and grueling journey through college where you have learned how to be an adult. Through this journey, you have built bonds with those who will forever be with you, overcome obstacles that you never thought you would get through, and most of all you have accomplished and dominated all those classes that you thought would be the death of you. 

This is the time, a time to celebrate, cherish, and honor one another for completing your degrees with flying colors. Take a mental image of this proud moment, as you walk across the stage to hold once and for all that diploma that you have been working for since you were 5 years old. As each and every one of you has worked for your individual goals, you find yourselves sharing this one moment together, united as the class of 2012.

As you end this journey and start a new one, remember all that you have taken from Dominican. Those life lessons that your teachers attempted to drill into you, those memorable moments where you learned from a big mistake, and most of all remember the times you have shared together. As Martin Luther King once said "The wind of change is blowing, and we see in our day and our age a significant development." Class of 2012, I invite you to accept that change and embrace every opportunity that comes your ways as you enter this next phase of your life. Congratulations, Class of 2012.