Saturday, 12/15/2007 Smith Memorial Hall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Office of Minority Student Affairs Multicultural Congratulatory, Commencement Address of Autumn Dawn Griffin, Master of the Arts in Speech Language Pathology.Graduates...You did it!!!You are here.You have made it to day one of your future -- the, commencement,... if you will. You made it through the snow storms, cornfields, controversies, rigorous coursework, instructors, late nights, early mornings, food, bills, the tears and the joy, and you did it. TODAY, You are getting one of the most important pieces of paper one can have -- a college diploma from a renowned institution of higher learning. This piece of paper means that, yes, you lived through all of those situations, and were still able to maintain your GPA, and yes, it does mean that you are smart -- but hey, we all knew that about you when you got accepted here.So, in addition to that, this piece of paper also shows that each and every...