Barnard College

"This is a future that women in the history of the world have never been able to imagine. You leave here empowered in a way that women and girls have never been before. It's exciting, but it's daunting. But I know you're up to it. Serving the people of the world does not have to be your life's calling, but I urge you to make it a part of your life, to include it in whatever you decide to do as you start out on this adventure. You are certainly well-prepared, and I wish for each and every one of you an adventure that gives you the same sense of meaning and purpose that you are looking for, and an understanding of how much more you can do with the gifts you have been given, and to decide that you too will try to be those special envoys of the ideals that you believe in."