President Jim Ryan: 

The grace and strength of your class has carried us through times of both joy and sorrow, and I hope you\'92ll remember, especially after today, that there is joy to be found even in the rain.

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Count down 

Minutes to the weekend 

Hair done, new shoes, new feels  

I wanna be free

Get lost in your beat 

Drop all your bags and drive  

Turn on let's come alive 

We're chasing stars tonight 

Can this be forever?

Can this be forever? 

Can this be forever? 

Forever 

Daniel Willingham,professor of psychology: 

One of the things that makes the University of Virginia so special is that learning is a treasured value. I'm confident that your experiences here have provided the foundation you need to continue learning for a lifetime.

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Just put your hand in mine 

Let’s run into the night 

Running from the daylight 

Can this be forever? 

Can this be forever? 

Can this be forever? 

Forever 

Risa Goluboff, dean of the University of Virginia School of Law: 

What you do, how you use your talents and on whose behalf, how you use your voice  all of that is up to you. None of you will do it the same way. And that is as it should be.

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We keep running forever 

We keep running forever 

Can this be forever

Forever

We keep running forever 

We keep running forever 

Forever 

 Robert Hardie, Rector of the University of Virginia: 

Remembering the purple shadows of the Lawn, the majesty of the colonnades, and the dream of your youth, you may say in reverence and thankfulness I have worn the honors of honor. I graduated from Virginia.