[gentle music]
Congratulations, Class of 2020.
You guys are all 100 out of 100.
And good job picking the
best major - anthropology.
I'd like to congratulate all
of you on graduating from CU.
I've enjoyed having many of you in classes
over the last few years.
And I'm sure that the
skills that you've learned
as anthropologists will serve you well
in this complex, diverse
and ever changing world.
And I'd like to congratulate
and wish all of you luck
and success in the coming
years and in the future.
Hi, I'm Bert Covert,
professor in anthropology.
One of my favorite days
of the year is graduation,
and I've had the good fortune
of attending nearly 40
of these events as a faculty member
at the University of Colorado Boulder.
There's always so much fun
to see the happy graduates
and their proud parents and friends.
Big congratulations to all the graduates
and I hope you have
enjoyed your time at CU.
Congratulations to parents and friends,
and I hope the graduates
have shared positive stories
with you of their time with
the Department of Anthropology
During these challenging
and uncertain times,
I hope you all are in good
health and in a safe place.
Please treat others with kindness
and choose to be optimistic
that things will get
better in your future.
Again, congratulations to the graduates.
Congratulations,
we're so happy for you and proud of you.
We also want to thank you,
it's been such a treat to
have you in our classes
and to get to know you.
We're gonna to miss you.
But we're going to rest
assured knowing that
you are going out into the world safely
and equipped with some
really wonderful skills,
like empathy and generosity,
and other values that we
emphasized while you were here.
So we look forward to
seeing each other next year.
Who knows we might even get to hug!
But in the meantime,
stay safe and do good things in the world.
Hi. I'm Carol McGranahan,
one of the cultural
anthropology professors at CU.
We're so sad that we can't all be together
for graduation this year.
So for our graduating seniors,
we want to tell you just
how much we appreciate you.
We've loved having you in our classes.
Even of those who we haven't
gotten to know personally,
I hear about you from my colleagues
who've had you in their classes.
And I know all the wonderful
work that you have been doing.
We will miss you.
One of my favorite parts
of graduation though,
is usually meeting parents, grandparents,
families, brothers and sisters
and telling your families you know
just how wonderful you are
and how much of a pleasure
it's been to have you.
So to families who are listening,
thank you for sharing your kids with us.
That's one of the true
pleasures and joys of our job.
Good luck to you all.
Your anthropology major has trained you
to think about the world in new ways.
And that means not just
learning about the world
and people in it, but also
learning about your place in it.
So all of you going forward,
take that anthropology with you
be in the world in the best possible ways.
And keep in touch with us
to let us know where
your major has taken you
as you go forward.
Best of luck.
Bye bye.
Hello, class of 2020.
My name is Donna Goldstein,
and I'm a cultural
anthropologist, here at CU.
I know many of you
from classes that you've
taken over the years.
And I'm just spending a few minutes here
to congratulate you on finishing
during these very difficult times.
I've really enjoyed getting
to know many of you.
And I loved having you in my
classes and debating with you.
And in any case,
I know you're going to do
wonderful things in the world.
And soon, this time of
difficulty will pass.
I wish you the best
and that a great celebration.
And congratulations to the Class of 2020.
This is not a rug, or a pile of laundry.
This is a dog.
There are eyes in there, although
they are very hard to find.
His name is Puyol.
If you know the Barcelona soccer team,
you will understand where
his name comes from.
Puyol and I are both very disappointed
that we cannot congratulate you in person.
He would particularly love to show you
how enthusiastic he is
about your graduation.
But we can't.
These are strange times.
We hope that -- now he's
going to lie down --
We hope you guys learned a ton from us.
And in these strange times,
we hope that we've given you knowledge
and skills that will help you
make this troubled world better place.
University of Colorado
Boulder, class of 2020.
You will always be in our hearts.
Times to come look difficult.
But please keep in mind
that in every crisis,
there is also opportunity.
And in the last four years with us,
you have been trained to find opportunity.
Congratulations and best wishes.
Hi everyone,
and congratulations on
earning your degree.
This is such an exciting moment,
despite the difficult times that we're in.
And your family and loved ones,
and all of us are so very proud
of what you've accomplished.
Even more so, It's an exciting moment
because you're bringing an
anthropological perspective
out into the world with you.
You know, studies show that in America,
there's a growing empathy deficit.
But anthropology teaches us that
where other people see
barriers, we see bridges.
Where other people might see
insurmountable difference
whether it's cultural or language
or other ways of knowing
or seeing the world,
You see opportunities
to learn and to connect,
empathy, tolerance,
intellectual curiosity,
and effective communication.
These are the things
that you bring with you
as you move on from the University.
Thank you so much for dedicating
these important years of your
life to learning anthropology.
And for making it a foundation
from which you'll continue to learn
and grow as you go out
there into the world.
We are so very proud of you.
Congratulations.
We're excited for your futures but also
for how your actions will
affect all of our futures.
Congratulation.
Greetings class of 2020.
I'm Jerry Jacka, the Chair of
the Department of Anthropology.
And I just want to say we
are so so proud of you.
Graduating in this time, it's
such a crazy year to be in.
And I know though that you've learned
so many important skills
and you've had so many
amazing experiences,
being in the Department of Anthropology.
And we are just so sad can't be with you.
We look forward to greeting
you again next May.
Just wanted to take the opportunity to say
congratulations to the graduates of 2020.
You guys have had an incredibly
interesting time to the end.
Best of luck as you move
forward to new ventures.
Class of 2020.
A year like no other.
Certainly no one could have imagined this
end to your college career.
But you made it, congratulations.
We all wish that we could celebrate
and applaud you in person.
properly send you off.
But this will have to do.
Please stay in touch,
and let us know where life
and anthropology takes you from here.
Dear class of 2020,
As anthropologists, you are
uniquely situated to explore
the world's many
challenges with curiosity,
empathy and perspective.
Teaching you gives me
great hope for the future.
Congratulations, graduates.
Congratulations.
It's been a real privilege
spending time with you
over the last few years.
And now that you're
dispersing to the four winds,
I feel very hopeful.
I think you're all going
to do amazing things
in your own inimitable ways.
So thank you for those things in advance.
Cheers, and good luck,
Hi everyone,
I want to congratulate you
all for a wonderful job.
We've been very proud
to have you in our
anthropology department.
I probably have taught a lot of you
in terms of the primate classes.
And while most of you are not gonna go on
and become primatologists,
I hope it gave you a better
understanding of who you are.
And you can take that during your future
as you go into the real world.
I do have a couple of guys here
to also say congratulations.
Take care guys.
Have a great life.
Congratulations
to the anthropology graduating
class of May and August 2020.
Best wishes for your future.
I'll miss seeing all of you in my office.
Take care.
Bye.
Oh hi,
I'm Professor Robin Bernstein.
You might know me from such courses as
Introduction to Biological
Anthropology 2 or ANTH 2020.
You've caught me here gardening,
pandemic gardening with my chicken.
And really what I wanted
to say is Congratulations,
Anthropology Class of 2020.
Best of luck, Go Buffs,
super proud of you.
All the best.
Congrats.
Congratulations, Class of 2020.
We're all so proud
of everything you've
accomplished at Boulder,
and excited to hear
about what you do next.
Don't forget to come back and visit.
To the class of 2020,
from all of us in the
Anthropology Department
and from Hazel,
congratulations.
Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay strong
and Go Buffs.
To all of our graduates,
congratulations.
You're entering a world
that's changed radically
from when you started college.
And I think it's safe to say that
it'll continue changing as all of us adapt
over the next few years.
What I hope you can see is that
your training in
anthropology will help you.
It has shown you just how adaptable
and resilient humans can be.
It's filled your imaginations
with diverse examples
of how things can be done,
and it's given you the
confidence to know that
the future remains open ended.
I hope you'll use your
training as a resource
to find the opportunities
in this emerging world,
and to take advantage of them in creative
and surprising ways.
Thanks in advance for
all the things you'll do,
to build a future that all
of us want to be a part of.
Congratulations to all
of you who are graduating
with a degree in anthropology.
We know it's been a
particularly difficult semester.
We admire your commitment
and your dedication to anthropology.
And we all feel confident
that your training
in anthropology will prepare you well
for the challenges of the future.
And we certainly wish you well.
Congratulations on everything
you've accomplished.
I know the tools that you've
gained over the last four years
are going to serve you well,
in whatever your next endeavor might be.
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