“Man’s power to create is bigger than his power to destroy,” said Mexico’s Felipe Calderón during Stanford’s 120th Commencement. He urged young people to bypass the false dichotomies that pit environmental reform against economic growth.
In her Baccalaureate address to the Class of 2011, “The Possibility of God,” the Rev. Gail E. Bowman drew inspiration from several places, including a scene from The Matrix and a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks.
Stanford’s 120th Commencement Weekend, which is scheduled for June 10-12, will feature a Commencement address by Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, president of Mexico; a Class Day lecture by Rob Reich, associate professor of political science at Stanford; and a Baccalaureate address by the Rev. Gail E. Bowman, chaplain at Dillard University in New Orleans.
