Laura Bush Skipped Own College Graduation Where Bush Sr Was Speaker

Laura Bush Skipped Own College Graduation Where Bush Sr Was Speaker

"Now, I know I'm supposed to offer some kind of parting wisdom. So I thought back to my own graduation. And I tried to remember the advice my graduation speaker gave to me. But I couldn't recall who gave that speech at the University of Texas [at Austin] back in 1973. And maybe that's because I skipped the ceremony. But I did look it up, and I found out who gave that address. And you can imagine my surprise when I discovered it was some guy named George Bush. Four years after that speech I married his son. We never know where life is going to take us."

"You won't waste your talents and education if you use them in service to others. Serving others comes naturally to UTA students. ... In the School of Urban and Public Affairs, certain students breathe new life into Dallas' poorest communities. In the College of Science, students help run a planetarium to educate local schoolchildren. The School of Architecture students revitalize neighborhoods in Fort Worth, Arlington and south Dallas. The College of Liberal Arts brightens community life through free musicals and theater. Students in the College of Education tutor young people in the Metroplex public schools. The School of Social Work has clocked more than 170,000 hours bringing equality and justice to neighbors in need."

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