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Class of 2020,


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congratulations on achieving
this important milestone.


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Over the course of your studies,


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you've demonstrated enormous courage,
perseverance, and resilience.


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That's been particularly so
in the last few months


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as you've brought your studies
to a successful conclusion.


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At Virginia Tech


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and in the College
of Architecture and Urban Studies,


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we take very seriously
our Ut Prosim commitment.


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The degrees that you've studied for


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and the work that you've done here


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prepare you to move forward
into the world,


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to make a difference
in transformational ways


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among the communities


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and within the disciplines
within which you will work.


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You are ideally suited
to make those contributions


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and to help us all shift the world
to a better place.


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Those qualities and those skills


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have never been more needed
than they are right now.


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The disciplinary mixes
within which our college exists


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and that you've come
through are the disciplines


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that are focused
on transforming the future


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across the disciplines
of art, architecture,


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design,


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of policy and planning
and construction.


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These are all disciplines
that focus on making a new reality,


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a new world for us to move into.


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Very important skills and assets


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for you to be taking out


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into the world right
at this point in time.


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I really look forward to seeing


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what you do with your skills
and your talents in these areas,


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whichever discipline you end up in.


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Class of 2020,


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I want to congratulate you again


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on this important achievement


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and particularly on managing
to bring it to a conclusion


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in the difficult times
that we've just passed through.


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I look forward to seeing
what you do next,


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and I wish you all the best


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from the College of Architecture
and Urban Studies.


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We'll always be here for you.