JK Rowling to speak at Harvard commencement ceremony
It was announced today that our favorite author will deliver the keynote address at this year's Harvard University commencement ceremony on June 5th. University President Drew G. Faust was quoted as saying:Perhaps no one in our time has done more than J. K. Rowling to inspire young people to experience the excitement and the sheer joy of reading. Her tales of Harry, Ron, and Hermione and their Hogwarts adventures have cast a spell on millions of readers around the world. Harvard isn’t exactly Hogwarts, but I’m sure that her visit with us this June will be a moment of magic for J.K. Rowling’s many admirers across the University.
If any of you lucky Harvard students out there are present at the ceremony, we welcome all reports from Jo's keynote sent in after the event! Thanks to everyone who e-mailed in with the tip.
UPDATE: Harvard student Jill has informed us that the school always posts video from their commencement ceremonies online, so we'll all have a chance to see Jo's speech!
Posted by Andrew on Jan 17th |
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thats good for jo! =) First!
sounds cool but will we be able to watch it too?
Cool.
too bad im not smart enough 2 go 2 harvard 2nd!!
omg....how about i jump over to cambridge and watch too :-( im so jealous, and that is sooo awesome
great! this shows that harry potter isn't only for little kids.
that's pretty cool. i would of course like to go see that... the wombats should be part of the tests to get into top schools :~) that would be great for h.p. fans at least
OH MY GOD! My brother goes to Harvard AND that is the day of my graduation.
God, I am so freaking jealous. =(
YAYA JO!!! OMG A just bron baby post!!
I want to go! Im so jealous. 10
Grrrrrrr! I live in Massachusetts!!!! And I'm somewhat close to Harvard. The thought that Jo will be with in an hour driving distance from me and I won't be able to see her is going to drive me insane!!!!!!!!!! I wish I knew someone who was graduating. Or that I was old enough to even go to Harvard and be graduating this year. I think I'll stand right outside the entrance, and scream and get all obsessive fan girl when she drives by.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! WHY IS NO ONE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's true. JK Rowling inspires many people every day through her literary work.
Yeah i wish i was Jo so much but alas i am not brilliant liek her
Sooooo
HEY!! I thought "COMMENCEMENT" happens at the end of HIGH SCHOOL and "CONVOCATION" happens when you graduate from your undergrad degree! At least, it is at Canadian Universities!
Ha odd too bad i live in the US or well those are some confusing words ruby!
baby post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES A BABY!! Lets name it Kelly Alexandra!
ITS SNOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ya know normally when someone says that it is snowing i geet jealous and tell them that it only snows here once every couple of years, but im not gonna do that 2day b/c it snowed here last night and we got 3 INCHES!!!!!! which is more than we have gotten since 2002 !!!! so no skool 2day and a 2hr dlay 2morrow, and mebbe it will snow again friday night!!!its amazing but ive g2g now and eat so take care of the baby
Wow...... Lucky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was snow where I live too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yeha i LOVE snow! Such awesome romantic things happen when it snows!!
hi guys!!
or not............?
Hey guys sorry haven't refresed the page in a whle im sending some angry emails to guys that are mean!!
hellooo??
wow remi lol!.....why r the guys so mean?? lol!!
AHHH IM HERE AND ITS SNOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AHH IM HERE AND ITS well..not snowing...
AHH WHY R PEOPLE YELLING?!?!? lol!! we need more snow here.....the 4 feet we have just isn't enough!
AH Are you kdding me!! Where do you live and when can i move in with you??
haha we had an inch this morning then it all melted :(
minnesota!! lol!! come!! come and experience the minnesota nice!! (our kinda saying/moto thing)
Ah its sticking to the grass!!!!!!!!!!! oh and ill be there in a few days teddy!!
lol!! i guess this mean i have to clean my room now!! hey were do u live remi????
Long Island New York about 45 minutes form the city in a small city on the North Shore with the city initals of GC
really? cool!! i'm gong to visit NY in Feb. wit my school!! i am so excited!!! we r like gonna go into the city and we r staying in the moutians!! i've never been to any other states except Wisconson and Iowa!!
Awesome!! Im actually going into the city with my dad (its my mission to clime the empire state building) maybe we could like see each other there!!
that would be sooooo cool!!! hey have u seen rob's site he made for us??
Yes the only problem is that i can't use the web messages page for some reason.. =(
heyy remi & teddy
ohhhh.....sad!! :( well wat i was thinking would b cool is if we made t-shirts for us and sold them over the site!!! that way if we ever r at the same place (and happen to b wearing the shirts) we would know each other!
Hey marisa!! Has anyone heard from danny i need him to beat up this kid for me...yeah teddy that would be mad awesome
brb!! time 4 dinner!!
Hi guys, bye teddy- you guys are suck country bumkins, i live in NYC.
I love 45 mintues from you!!! I sent pictures of myself to you guys!
brb
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