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U Va celebrates the Class of 2021 with weekend-long in-person celebration
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Mr. Rector, members of the Board of Visitors, graduates, colleagues, family, friends – welcome.
My name is Jim Ryan, and in addition to being the president of UVA, I am the host for today’s ceremony, and I will also officially award the degrees. It’s exciting to think that we are sharing a unique moment in UVA history: You are graduating in Scott Stadium, and I am fulfilling a lifelong dream – to be on the Jumbotron, in the endzone of Scott Stadium, with a football.
I have to be honest with you: I feel like this moment is a bit miraculous. Not because you’re graduating – we all expected that. But given all of the stops and starts we have had to endure, the plans made and the plans scrapped, hopes raised and hopes dashed, just to get to this moment. Believe me when I say I could not be happier or more grateful to be here, right now, with all of you. If you feel the same way, please let me know.