President Daniel Weiss speaks at the 176th Commencement.

President Daniel Weiss Says Goodbye to Class of 2011

President Daniel Weiss presented his farewell remarks to graduating seniors at the 176th Commencement.

Weiss spoke about the 10 things he hopes students learn while at Lafayette. A few snippets from his list are “asking the right questions is much more important than heading straight to the answer,” “What you do next will be more important than what you did here,” and “acknowledge that various approaches to understanding a topic inevitably adds breadth, depth, and texture to our understanding of almost anything.”

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