The Magazine of Tiffin University Spring / Summer 2010

Commencement2010“Today is a Commencement.It is not an end. It’s a beginningof a journey through life.”CommencementSpeaker Charles BoldenNASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Jr., the keynote speaker for TiffinUniversity’s 122nd Undergraduate commencement, urged graduatingseniors to follow their passion in life but also encouraged the class of2010 to consider public service as an integral part of their future.“What an extraordinary time this is in your life,” he said at the ceremonyon May 1st. “But as you celebrate, you should also be remindedthat today is a ‘commencement.’ It is not an end. It’s a beginning of ajourney through life.”The journey through life includes believing that there is “possible”in the seeming “impossible.”“Forty-nine years ago, President Kennedy challenged this nationand said we would land on the moon. Eight years later, this goal wasachieved,” he said. “At NASA, we do a lot of what other people considerthe ‘impossible’ things.”The journey through life begins with one’s self, Bolden remarked.“You must have faith in yourselves. Your education must not endwhen you leave here today. Exploration, risk-taking – having a visionand following through – each of these is a characteristic that has beendefined by human beings who have sought the answer to the impossibleand found it.”TU Trustee Gary Heminger and Commencement Speaker Charles Boldenwww.tiffin.edu | 29