Michelle Obama Urges Graduates to Give Back

May 17, 2009 12:16 pm
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First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to graduates at California’s smallest, youngest public university, UC Merced on Saturday and praised them “for their struggle to succeed.” Obama urged theĀ ”jubilant members of her audience to give back to their communities.”

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Students at UC Merced “bombarded the first lady’s office with letters, e-mails and even hundreds of Valentine’s cards in a nonstop campaign to get her to speak at graduation,” and “it worked.”

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