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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thas a good idea teddy! remi- wat about 45 minutes? alastor- i live in new jersey, im not a country gurl
Hi guys!!!!!!
Hey LIa!!! oh i live 45 mintues from NYC (with traffic and stuff) I live on the North Shore of Long Isnad in NY!! Did you get my email marisa? Oh Lia if you want to see a pciture of me jsut eamil me at laxgiirl9@aim.com so i can send them to you!! So you can know the insae face behind the screen name!!
:D Hey Remi, Marisa!!!! That's okay Remi, I saw your YouTube vid, but I couldn't tell which one was you!!! There were, like, 2 or 3 girls who waved.
i still dont get it...... heyy i have to do sumthing for a literary magazine tht has to do with the theme "past present future" it can be a poem, essay, drawing or photo. Any ideas?????
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Ah well when i put them on my facebook (withc i havent been on in like 50 million years) ill send you the link
hey narisa wat do u mean by "past present future"? the tenses?
AH guys i gotta go!
c ya remi!! oops...i ment marisa!! wat do u mean be "past present future"??
MY GRADUATION!!!! They had this pretty quiet, we were all wondering who it was going to be...now we know. I'm surprised and up walking on air!!! Wonderful!!!! Jim
hello?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH SORRY!!!! I'm on MNI at the same time, very distracting. What are we talking about?
If she's speaking at Harvard, do you think she'll be willing to speak to other universities?
i don't even remember acid!! lol!! let start off new!! so how r u this fine evening??
Lol! Okay! Well I'm doing fine thanks. Last night I got one of those Charlie Horse things, have you guys ever had one? It's a really, really, REALLY painful cramp in your calf muscle, or I guess in any muscle really. It still hurts!!! :/
Wow. What an honor for Rowling. I'm graduating college at Binghamton in NY this May. I wish Jo could come to speak at my commencement! LOL.
OUCH!! i've had one of those!! it hurts like all get out!!! so u said u were on MNI wat is that like???
Grrr I know!!! I had to go to the nurse and everything today because it still hurt during my 4th block!! Ooh I love MNI, I'm RPing my heart out!!! :D It's really fun, and really addicting.
i LOVE RPing!! does is cost money? i mean to have an account????
ooooooooooh i love MNI. I really don't know if it cost money, but whatev. It is fun. Did you do the houses and character quiz?
CHEEEESEEEECAAAAKE! hi teddy, hi alastor, hi LIA! *3 points* aaah lucky; i hope the video of this is on the internet! ha my friends and i are taking a senior trip to philadelphia that weekend; it's only about three times as far again to get up to Cambridge *dreams*
sry my comp went weird!! maybe i'll join. idk....
hello - okay it is fun. I am most like Luna and am a ravenclaw.
JEN! *3 points* It's a lot of fun! I'm most like Snape and in Hufflepuff!! O.o Weird pairing, isn't it.. Yeah Teddy, it costs a couple galleons to make an RP account. But your first is free!
Ugh, why couldn't she have spoken at Princeton last year! Bah!
oh mni ... i meant to start one up after christmas break when my college apps were done, but i still have too much to do :PPP ... but lia guess what? last week i got my first college acceptance! and a $15,000/year scholarship!!!!!
OMG JEN THAT'S FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Makes special cheesecake just for Jen!* Where to, if you don't mine me asking?
sry sry!! my internet and comp keep goi ng crazy and freezing!!
*eats cheesecake* yum thanks! it's allegheny college, this tiny one up in northern PA. i really like it because it's big thing is double-majoring in different disciplines (they make everyone take at least a minor) and that's what i want to do (in math and history). And it's really small and has the kind of atmosphere i'm looking for - very laid-back, in the middle of a small town, lots of open space ... And they get 100 inches of snow a year! (lake-effect off Lake Erie, I think)
ohh!! congrats Jen!!! that's really awesome!!
Niiice!!!!!!!!!! Oh I'm so happy for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! I know your apps and stuff were so stressful for you, I'm so glad you made it into one of the ones you wanted!!!!!!!!!!! No problemo Teddy, take as long as you need to reply. :)
thanks! :D ...but i've got to go now D: to go to bed ... last day of term, finals tomorrow! but i'll be on a lot this weekend; we get a 5-day semester break! bye lia, teddy, see you soon!
night spew!! congrats again!! so acid r u still on MNI??
Bye Jen!!! Yuppers Teddy, so sorry for my rare posting.. :P
maybe i'll go and start a MNI account!
Cool! Just know that you have to wait a few hours for it to be "approved".
k. well i g2g!! ttyl!!
Okay, buh bye!
my sister goes to harvard and my cousin lives like a mile away and if either of them get to go i'll be so insanely jealous. hopefully if they find away to get in they'll let me know so!
HAHAHAHA ONLY A KIDS BOOK MY BUTT! to all those naysayers (not that any of us would be, lol) she's giving a graduation speech at HARVARD! heck yes.
HALLOOO out there??
HEYY!!! wad up.
ALIZZLE!! It's been TOO long...how've you been? I'm good, glad it's almost friday!! Geez no one's been on all day tho...
hey did you get my email????
mm, not yet...nah, haven't had much mail today...try it now?
WAT?? omg lameee ok imma send it again. k.
yeek, must b important! yeah, im waiting for it now
just sent you an email back alizzle
isnt that trippy
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