John Hughes' commencement speech, 2005

Commencement Speech by John Hughes (Irish Sociology Studies, ’05)

CUNY BA alum John Hughes says, “I applied to be the student speaker at the (CUNY BA) commencement at Cooper Union; I was shocked when I was accepted! I spoke on 6/7/2005 right before the Deputy Mayor. It was overwhelming but I got some laughs and many people thanked me afterwards.” Read the entire speech here.

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