HALEY HARRIS ’12 Excerpt from the Student Commencement Speech WE ARE ALL WOMEN WHO ALREADY HAVE. You
have made a difference in your short time here—as a volunteer, as a student, as a friend. It’s not going to stop anytime soon, and it’s not about having your face on a wall. In the words of [an] absurdly accomplished woman, Helen Hayes, “We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody, too.” Whether you have recognized it or not, your being you, your being the kind of exemplary woman who has always embodied Wellesley, has had an effect on those around you. . . . [W]hatever a Wellesley woman chooses to be or to do, she will find her success in her own self-perception and in those closest to her. No matter whether you have plans for the future or none at all, just keep repeating this mantra: I have made a difference, a positive difference, to someone.
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