This Is Your Moment - Inspirational Commencement Speeches (Abridged, Standard format, CD, Abridged edition)

This collection features seminal commencement speeches to inspire graduates everywhere. After four (or five or six...) years of midterms, lectures, finals, and research papers, it is finally time for students to apply their education to a career and progress to the next chapter of life. However, in a flailing economy, the mission to create a successful career has turned into a more daunting task. This compilation of commencement speeches, a perfect gift for students and parents alike, will generate an optimistic outlook and fuel excitement for the future.

Listen closely as each orator mines his or her past for gems of advice. From funny to sentimental, imbued with important social and cultural commentary, these timeless speeches by successful public figures will motivate alumni to move forward with zest as they enter "the real world."

Speeches include: - Barbara Bush at Wellesley - Barack Obama at Notre Dame or Wellesley - Tony Blair at Yale - Robert Gates at West Point - John Kerry at Dartmouth - George C. Marshall at Harvard - Hilary Clinton at NYU - John F. Kennedy at American University - Dana Gioia at Stanford - Mitt Romney at Regent University