In 1978‚ Hungarian poet George Faludy (pictured here) gave the convocation address at the University of Toronto. He described his experiences in a communist concentration camp (after the Soviet invasion of 1956) and made several profound and intriguing observations about the significance of a liberal arts education. As part of his attempts to survive the horrors of the camp‚ Faludy (a university professor) gave mini-lectures in the barracks at night on a variety of subjects. Some of the fellow prisoners
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Urvi: Very Good evening to one and all. We‚ the students of MIT-ISBJ Batch 04‚ warmly welcome you to the convocation ceremony of batch 03. We welcome our dean‚ Respected Mr. Rahul Karad and our chief guest for the evening‚ noted director Mr. Sachin Kundalkar for this occasion. And we very enthusiastically welcome back the super personalities for whom this evening has been set up‚ our prolific seniors of MIT-ISBJ Batch 03. We feel immense nostalgia and excitement as we see you all amongst us again
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Reaction to Dr. David Callahan I was prepared to be interested in hearing this person speak‚ but when he started to list some “facts”‚ I started to tune out. The one that stood out for me was that‚ “billions of dollars have been lost for the music industry because of illegal downloading.” If people who downloaded the illegal music actually purchased it‚ yes- that would be more money in the big wigs pockets. However‚ many studies have shown (and I read another one on Techcruch right before seeing
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Essay George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were the first and the third presidents of the United States‚ respectively and both were established presidents in their own ways. In George Washington’s Farewell Address he advised Americans to not get entangled within foreign countries’ problems and conflicts and to not have everlasting alliances and treaties. Washington also did not like the idea of having diverse political parties‚ and he also stressed the magnitude of religion and morality. Thomas
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George Washington was an essential aspect of making the United States what it is today. In 1789‚ George Washington was unanimously elected. As the first president of the United States George Washington had a lot of expectations to fulfil and that is exactly what he did in his two years of presidency. There are several things that Washington did during his two terms that had the big effects on us today such as separating the United States from Great Britain‚ limiting the presidency term by suggesting
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Sub: Convocation of UPES – 15th July‚ 2013 Dear All‚ You will be glad to know that the Convocation will be held on 15th July‚ 2013‚ at our main Campus‚ Energy Acres‚ Bidholi Campus‚ Uttarakhand. We are privileged to have with us HE Shri Pranab Mukherjee‚ President of India as the Chief Guest‚ Shri Aziz Qureshi‚ Hon’ble Governor of Uttarakhand and Shri Vijay Bahuguna‚ Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand will be the Guest of Honour. We are looking forward to see you at the Convocation. The
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Cameron Analysis Essay #1 AP Language and Composition December 8‚ 2008 George Washington resigned from office in 1796. For the occasion‚ he wrote a farewell address directed to the citizens of the United States. He was certainly aware that his audience would include other politicians as well as dignitaries and officials from foreign nations. Washington feels that the citizens need his closing remarks before he steps out of office. He is informing the citizens of how he feels about his
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS At the very outset‚ our group would like to thank Prof‚ our guide and mentor for providing us with the opportunity to perform a study on such a practical‚ relevant and live issue of communication channels and areas of improvement during convocation. We would also like to extend our sincere gratitude to the Office of the Director‚ IIM Lucknow for providing us an access to the previous years’ letters‚ invitations and other relevant documents. We would like acknowledge the support and cooperation
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16th Convocation‚ the Chief Guest Sri D.K.Jain‚ President & Chairman‚ LuxorGroup‚ and Guest of Hounour ‚ Padmashri. Dr. Pritam Singh‚ Professor of Eminence‚ Management Development Institute‚ Gurgaon‚ have just entered the hall. (AFTER THE MEMBERS OF THE PROCESSION HAVE TAKEN THEIR SEATS) Thank you ladies and Gentlemen‚ you may please be seated. Radha: Ladies and Gentlemen‚ a very good evening to one and all. It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you all to the 16th Snathak‚ the convocation of the
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After reading George Washington’s Farewell Address‚ please answer the following questions. Additionally‚ don’t forget to reply to two of your peers. 1.) George Washington is leaving office after serving two terms as the first president of the United States of America. What do you think is the purpose of this address? Why? 2.) After reading the address‚ how do you think President Washington would feel about our current alliances with other countries? How do you think he would feel about the Paris
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