Commencement speeches can be pretty one-sided. The speaker – that’s me – imparts her hard-earned wisdom… or at least tries to. The graduates – that’s you – you sit in the rain today and listen like the thoughtful people you are. Then you hurl your caps in the air, hug your friends, let your parents take lots pictures of you – (post them on Instagram, just one idea) – and head off into your amazing lives… maybe swinging by Sharkey’s for one last plate of wings before you go.

Today’s going to be a little bit different because I’m not going to talk about something I know and you don’t. I want to talk about something the Virginia Tech community knows all too well. Today, I want to talk about resilience. This university is known for so many things. Your kindness and decency… your academic excellence… your deeply felt school spirit. I’ve spent time at a lot of time at colleges – yes for work, but also because I might want to relive my 20s just a little.

Few people talk about their school the way Hokies talk about Virginia Tech. There is so much pride and unity here — such a deep sense of identity, and I am going to prove it by asking you one simple question: What’s a Hokie? [I am!]

That’s it!

What you might not realize is that that Hokie spirit has made all of you more resilient. I’ve spent the last two years studying resilience because something happened in my life that demanded more of it than I ever would have thought possible.

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