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• The Future Ain't What It Used To Be (2013 Spring Commencement Ceremony Sunday Afternoon) 05/12/2013

  If inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil is correct in his predictions for the near future, "a lifetime of learning" has new meaning for today's graduates.

  
  Filed in: Speeches Commencement Addresses


• A Defense Against the Dark Arts (2013 Spring Commencement Ceremony Sunday Morning) 05/12/2013

  In a lighthearted nod to J.K. Rowling's novels, Dr. Proenza offers graduates a final lesson of "A Defense Against the Dark Arts of Derision, Disrespect and Insult!"

  
  Filed in: Speeches Commencement Addresses


• More Wondrous Than You Know (2013 Spring Commencement Ceremony Saturday Afternoon) 05/11/2013

  Dr. Proenza offers graduates in the College of Health Professions a more expansive view of the effects of their work with patients and clients

  
  Filed in: Statements to the Community Commencement Addresses


• Toothpaste, A Razor and a KISS (2013 Spring Commencement Ceremony Friday Evening) 05/10/2013

  Employers seek three specific qualities in graduates, and a common element to all is simplicity.

  
  Filed in: Speeches Commencement Addresses


• College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering 25th Anniversary Speech 05/09/2013

  Dr. Proenza reviews the recent history of the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, its current status and position for future growth.

  
  Filed in: Speeches


• The Risk of Being Fragile (2012 Fall Commencement Saturday Morning) 12/15/2012

  Graduates are urged to "lean into the winds of changes and turbulence" in a commencement address on the nature of risk, emotional resiliency and "antifragility."

  
  Filed in: Speeches Commencement Addresses


• You Are What You Read (2012 Fall Commencement Address, Saturday Afternoon) 12/15/2012

  Dr. Proenza offers graduates lighthearted advice that compares healthy reading habits to a healthy diet.

  
  Filed in: Speeches Commencement Addresses


• A Half a Mind to Succeed (2012 Fall Commencement Address, Friday) 12/14/2012

  Dr. Proenza explains to graduates that you will best compete and thrive in this knowledge-based economy if you utilize the arts and sciences to tap into every asset of your brain.

  
  Filed in: Speeches Commencement Addresses


• We Have Done Much and We Will Do Much More 2012 State of the University Address 11/08/2012

  In his 13th State of the University Address, Dr. Luis M. Proenza reviewed the accomplishments of the past academic year and decade, and discussed the challenges and opportunities inherent in the disruptive changes occurring in higher education today.

  
  Filed in: Speeches


• Reflecting On a Milestone (2012 Summer Commencement Address, morning) 08/14/2012

  Dr. Proenza encourages graduates to use this milestone event in their lives to examine their life goals and purpose.

  
  Filed in: Commencement Addresses