 I want to welcome you all to this commencement. Today, we are here in celebration of the class of 2022, the Red Pegasi. In preparing for this day, I've been thinking a lot about time and place, about the many challenges of this time in our history, of your time at Mount Holyoke, and how this place nevertheless anchors us in a sense of possibility and of change. Each of you has embarked upon a journey of self-discovery and of sense-making at Mount Holyoke. It is my luck to be here alongside you all in this great turning and celebration. I say turning as in becoming, which is something you have been doing individually and alongside one another for the duration of your time here. You have been becoming yourselves. And your actions will tremble our world in ways that turn and turn and wake up the seeds inside you as you bloom the world we've all been waiting for. From fearing to fearless, from excited to exhausted, and from naive to educated, this has been my Mount Holyoke journey, and perhaps yours as well. Class of 2022, we will always be Mo-Home. And now, we are free. Following today's festivities, we will join nearly 40,000 alum. Your pass will be varied in many, but you will always have Mount Holyoke in common. And I trust you'll have the same experience I have that I've never met a boring Mount Holyoke graduate. So seek them out. Many years ago, I spoke here and reminded the students that they are heirs to the radical idea lifted up by founder Mary Lyon, that women had a right to an excellent college education on their own terms. Our values as Mount Holyoke grads call on each one of us to join the struggle. Fight falsehoods with facts. Listen to many views, but keep your moral compass and know when it's time to reject the status quo. Although no degree is a destination on its own, just as no education ends when one leaves the classroom, there is, as you all must sense by now, a great feeling of arrival as you cross one threshold towards another. Please rise and move your tassel to the other side. Congratulations, class of 2022. I wish you lives of continuing inquiry and meaningful pursuit and opportunities of great purpose and transformation. Congratulations again.