later, we will show you nasa astronaut jeanette epps, and oracle founder larry ellison. nca chair michael powell was a commencement speaker for pepperdine university in malibu, california. he talked about the effects of technology on society, and the importance of a liberal art education. he also shared how an injury he sustained in the military taught him about relationships and perseverance. mr. powell is the son of former secretary of state, colin powell. his remarks are 15 minutes. mr. powell: good, glorious morning, it is a pleasure to be here. i want to start off by thinking the provost and the faculty, the president and the administration, and the students for bestowing upon me the exceptional honor of joining the pepperdine community. this will be a day i will long cherish. i am really thrilled to be here. as i look out on this assembled crowd, i see a lot of joy in the faces of all of you. as you are clad in your caps and gowns, and prepared to enter the working world. from my perch, there needs to be a pause for concern. why? because the robots are rising. the

: the graduates le moyne college heard from nasa astronaut and former cia intelligence officer jeanette epps for their commencement. she told the graduates to follow their own interests pointing to her own career as a lesson. this is 15 minutes. [applause] ms. epps: congratulations. it is a complete honor and joy to be here. congratulations students, parents, and faculty. i am so honored that linda would ask me to do this. i am completely blown away by it. i am very excited for you, the graduates, because of the opportunities that lie before you. it was a long time ago that i was in your seat, about 28 years ago. i was extremely awkward and shine but i was bursting with faith and that i could be successful. --pite having that they, that faith if someone told me , that i would give the commencement speech at lemoine one day, i would not have believed them and most of my contemporaries would not have believed them. over the past 28 years, as a look back over my career, i have been truly blessed and i implement away by some of the things that i have been a part of but it all started here at le

later, we will show you nasa astronaut jeanette epps, and oracle founder larry ellison. nca chair michael powell was a commencement speaker for pepperdine university in malibu, california. he talked about the effects of technology on society, and the importance of a liberal art education. he also shared how an injury he sustained in the military taught him about relationships and perseverance. mr. powell is the son of former secretary of state, colin powell. his remarks are 15 minutes. mr. powell: good, glorious morning, it is a pleasure to be here. i want to start off by thinking the provost and the faculty, the president and the administration, and the students for bestowing upon me the exceptional honor of joining the pepperdine community.