May 16, 2017
University President John Garvey published his May column in Catholic News Service on commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients.
... Ideally, our graduation rituals should have a positive purpose. I don’t just mean getting good publicity by attaching ourselves to somebody famous and making the evening news on a slow day.
At The Catholic University of America, we try to invite people who offer our graduates examples of what they should aspire to in life, now that they have completed their studies. “You are finished now,” we say. “Go and do as these people have done.” ...
