Tim Russert Asks Santa Clara University's Class of 2005 to Lend a Helping Hand to Less Fortunate; Students and Families Celebrate Graduation Milestone at SCU's 154th Commencement.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- Tim Russert Timothy John Russert, Jr. (born May 7, 1950) is an American journalist who has hosted NBC's Meet the Press since 1991. He is the Washington Bureau Chief for NBC News, and hosts Tim Russert, a weekly interview program on MSNBC. , managing editor and moderator of NBC's Meet the Press and political analyst for the network's Nightly News Nightly News may refer to
Russert, himself a graduate of a Jesuit high school and college, asked the recent graduates to help the less fortunate. "Work and live in comfort. Enjoy yourself -- that is the American way. But remember the people struggling alongside you and below you -- the people who haven't had the same opportunity, the same blessings, the same education." In a speech peppered with humor and anecdotes about his experience on 'Meet the Press," Russert told the audience that he was the first in his family to go to college. "The future leaders of this country and this world will not be born to the blood of kings and queens but to the blood of immigrants and pioneers. It is now your turn," he said. Russert also stressed the distinctiveness of Jesuit education: "It's not enough to have a skill. Not enough to have read all the books. Values really do matter. Santa Clara University has a special mission. Training young men and women to help shape and influence the moral tone and fiber of our nation and our world." Russert was awarded an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree. More than 15,000 family and friends of SCU SCU Santa Clara University SCU Southern Cross University (New South Wales, Australia) SCU Southern California University of Health Sciences (Whittier, California) SCU Serious Crimes Unit SCU Special Care Unit cheered nearly 1,100 undergraduates as they walked across an outdoor stage at Buck Shaw Stadium Stadium history Buck Shaw opened its gates for the first time on September 22 1962 when it hosted a football game between UC Davis and Santa Clara. The stadium was named for Lawrence T. "Buck" Shaw, a legendary former football coach of the SCU Broncos. today, celebrating the 154th commencement of California's oldest institution of higher learning. The master of ceremonies was Provost Denise Carmody. Mario J. Prieto, S.J director of SCU's Campus Ministry, said the invocation. Also at the undergraduate commencement, Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia, Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Casas, received an honorary Doctor of Faith and Justice. Sister Dorothy Stang, of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, is the name of a Roman Catholic order of religious sisters, dedicated to providing education to the poor. The Sisters now have foundations in five continents and in 20 countries. Foundation Founded in 1804 at Amiens, France, by St. , was posthumously awarded an honorary Doctor of Faith and Justice Degree. Stang was killed in February in the Brazilian Amazon because of her work with rural workers. Russert is a graduate of Canisius High School Canisius High School is a Roman Catholic Jesuit private high school for young men located at 1180 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, New York. The school, founded in 1870, has historical ties to Canisius College. , John Carroll University The university is organized into three schools including two undergraduate colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences and the Boler School of Business, and one graduate school, each defining its own academic programs under the auspices of the Academic Vice President. and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and traces its origins to the founding of Cleveland Law School in 1897 as the first evening law school in the state of Ohio and one of the first in the U.S. . Russert took over the helm of Meet the Press in December 1991. Since then, the program has become the most watched Sunday morning interview program in America and the most quoted news program in the world. About Santa Clara University Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located in California's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,213 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees. Distinguished nationally by the fourth-highest graduation rate among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. More information is online at www.scu.edu. |
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