Graduates, please stand. At this time, please join your classmates to recognize this momentous achievement in your lives. As scholars and practitioners who have received bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, you may now grasp your tassels and move them to the left side.
Today, as you venture out into the world as Walden graduates, you also join the proud community of Walden University alumni—a network of more than 38,000 professionals who share your desire to make an impact on the world. As alumni, please speak well of us. And send us more students just like you. As the newest members of the Walden Alumni Association, you will help shape the future of Walden through your continued involvement in volunteering, mentoring, and networking.
There are others present here today and around the world celebrating your accomplishment via our live webcast who deserve recognition. Those of you who have just had your degrees conferred upon you know that you are here primarily, but not solely, as the result of your sacrifices and efforts. Others close to you have had a hand in your success, and it is now, in your moment of accomplishment, that you have the opportunity to tell them collectively and publicly what their love, support, and interminable patience has meant to you.