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Misty Copeland Announced as 2025 Senior Convocation Keynote Address Speaker
Renowned ballerina Misty Copeland will be the 2025 Senior Convocation Keynote Address Speaker, as announced by Cornell Student Activities, Cornell Convocation and Cornell Student & Campus Life in an Instagram post on Monday. Each year, the student-led Senior Convocation Committee invites a guest speaker to impart advice to graduation seniors in a keynote address during the Senior Convocation event held during the Senior Days that lead into Commencement Weekend. In addition to the guest speaker, the event includes performances from student organizations, a student speaker and comments from University leadership. Past keynote speakers at Senior Convocation have included former President Bill Clinton in 2004 and science communicator Bill Nye ’77…
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin ’98 Talks Democracy in Democratic Rebuttal to Trump’s Address
Sen. Elissa Slotkin ’98 (D-M.I.) highlighted issues in the economy, government efficiency, immigration and foreign policy in a rebuttal speech to President Donald Trump’s Congressional address on Tuesday night. Slotkin, the junior senator from Michigan, previously served Michigan’s 7th District for three terms in the House of Representatives. Slotkin is the first Cornellian to be elected to the Senate since former Sen. Mark Kirk ’81 (R-I.L.) lost his re-election bid in 2016. She is the fifth Cornell graduate to ever serve in the U.S. Senate. Speaking live from Wyandotte, Michigan, Slotkin emphasized Democrats’ discontent with Trump’s second-term policies in the Democratic rebuttal to Trump’s joint congressional address. Trump’s first address…