Commencement used in a sentence

Commencement in a sentence as a noun

Im just a bit peeved that Obama is giving the commencement for Barnard on Monday and there will be no parking on Amsterdam Ave.

In most cases I find what I am looking for. This is what DFW talked about in his terrific commencement address[1]: we all ultimately choose which story to tell ourselves.

I'm eternally grateful for the 2005 commencement address.

I empathize with this a ton. Reminds me of a David Foster Wallace commencement speech in which the takeaway point was something to the effect of 'you graduates don't yet know what day in, day out really means.

From his 2005 Stanford commencement speech:"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.

I'm not sure I fully understood your second paragraph, but I found David Foster Wallace's commencement speech to hit the practical advice nail on the head.

In the less interesting case the University sent around a form to be used in nominating student speakers for commencement.

> Second, if a client is going to withhold final payment based on Apple acceptance, there is no way I would work for themIt sounds from the article that payment terms were agreed upon before commencement of the work.

I held the commencement speech at my university my first year in front of thousands of students and TV crews, and people couldn't believe how relaxed I was, but I didn't understand why there was anything to be nervous about; I knew the manuscript and was after all just going to stand there and deliver it.