| More than 2,000 earn diplomas from Rutgers College |
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| Friday, 23 May 2008 | |
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By RICHARD KHAVKINE NEW BRUNSWICK —After four years of waiting and working for the moment, clouds and rain couldn't ruin their afternoon. Despite the weather — as well as an uncertain economy and a skittish job market — 2,055 Rutgers College graduates culminated their four years with a rousing graduation ceremony on Voorhees Mall on Thursday afternoon. Joined by thousands — relatives, friends, mentors, professors — the graduates stepped into their future with the volume pumped up. And as umbrellas mushroomed to deflect the spring rain, the keynote speaker, Rey Ramsey, the co-founder and CEO of a global nonprofit organization working on behalf of low-income people, encouraged the new graduates to think of themselves as near-blank canvasses — and then to create. READ MORE: http://www.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080522/NEWS/805220374/1010
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