Commencements and speeches: way stations along the lifelong learning journey. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Commencement ceremonies are opportunities to survey the road covered along the lifelong journey of education, both reflecting on important intervals and imagining the future. This AM Last Page features an approach to convey an effective commencement message, which includes lessons learned through a 45-year career in higher education and academic medicine and participation in over 50 commencement ceremonies.

publication date

  • April 23, 2026

Identity

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1093/acamed/wvag117

PubMed ID

  • 42024681