According to the Washington Business Journal, First Lady Michelle Obama, will provide the commencement speech at George Washington University’s 2010 spring graduation. This after the school rallied to her challenge of 100,000 hours of community service.
First Lady Michelle Obama will be only the third First Lady in history to speak at George Washington University’s commencement after students and faculty fulfilled her challenge for community service.
Obama in September agreed to be the keynote speaker for the university’s graduation this spring if students and faculty completed 100,000 hours of community service by May 1. The university said it has already reached that goal.
An estimated 3,800 students, faculty, staff and members of the university’s Board of Trustees took part in the service challenge. Projects included painting Habitat for Humanity homes with the First Lady in September, giving a make-over to a Washington high school on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and participating in the Alternative Winter and Spring Break Programs.
Michelle Obama or someone in her camp certainly knows how to stay on message. I am thoroughly impressed on how her FLOTUS initiatives are consistently threaded through almost everything she does as First Lady.
Posted by Bridgette. Photo provided by GWU.edu
