{"id":1185,"date":"2012-05-22T13:39:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T13:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/news\/specialcollections\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2012-05-22T13:39:03","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T13:39:03","slug":"commencement-2012-text-of-steve-karmens-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/2012\/05\/22\/commencement-2012-text-of-steve-karmens-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2012: Text of Steve Karmen\u2019s speech"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Harvey Stenger greets Steve Karmen following the composer's moving Commencement address on May 20. Photo by Jonathan Cohen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The text of composer Steve Karmen\u2019s Commencement address, \u201cSomething That I Love,\u201d delivered at the Professional Schools Ceremony at the Events Center on May 20. Karmen, who received an honorary degree at the ceremony, was given a standing ovation following the address.<\/em><\/p>\n

First, my sincerest thanks to President Stenger, and to the Board of Trustees of Binghamton University and to Dr. Kim Jaussi [his nominator] for this great honor.<\/p>\n

This is really a big deal for me. The last time I received a diploma was in 1954, on the day I graduated from the Bronx High School of Science. That was 58 years ago. (Don\u2019t do the math; I checked it.)<\/p>\n

Most importantly, I wish to congratulate all the graduates today, because I know that this is a really big deal for you, too. I have watched \u2013 from a distance \u2013 the time and great sustained effort that it takes to achieve a college diploma, and I hope each of you is enjoying a huge sense of pride in your accomplishment. You should: You\u2019ve earned it!<\/p>\n

And your parents have earned it, too; and today, not only are they applauding you, they are finally breathing a welcome sigh of relief \u2013 temporary as it will be \u2013 that, at least, this part of your struggle is behind you.<\/p>\n

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The text of composer Steve Karmen\u2019s Commencement address, \u201cSomething That I Love,\u201d delivered at the Professional Schools Ceremony at the Events Center on May 20. Karmen, who received an honorary degree at the ceremony, was given a standing ovation following the address. First, my sincerest thanks to President Stenger, and to the Board of Trustees […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1185","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-binghamton-university-events","7":"category-university-archives"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}