Graduation Speech: Humorous Wedding Speech To Owens Community College

Good ___________ everyone and a warm welcome to Owens Community College to celebrate today’s graduation ceremony. For myself, this is an extreme honor to be part of this celebration and the opportunity to stand in front of all you amazing people. This is something that I never dreamt of. To be honest, standing here is exciting and nerve-racking at the same time. This is my first graduation ceremony and I have never heard a commencement speech before. So now you know that I have no clue or an idea of where to begin or how to keep everyone interested and engaged for the next 3 to 4 minutes. I sincerely express my gratitude to all the people who believed in my abilities and gave the opportunity to speak here today. Here is to hoping that I will inspire you and not bore you with my speech.

Look around you, each one of us has faced some adversities or challenges at some point in our life. I certainly did, and in the last two years of the nursing program even more. My experiences in the nursing program have proven to be tougher than I ever thought, and when you couple it with other life events, it became even more complex. It can make you think at least twice about any decisions in your life. Some of my friends have gone through equally or more adversities or challenges in their life. Some lost their dear ones or faced their own personal crises. Through each adversity or challenge, we have struggled and somehow endured; thanks to the wonderful support of our friends, family, last but not the least, the staff and instructors at Owens. My three years at Owens provided lots of opportunities to meet some wonderful people with various backgrounds and interests. This diversity has helped us to collaborate and learn from each other’s experience, whether related to life, studies, or work. I always believed in the following