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April 21, 2006

Laura Bush to give RWU commencement speech

BRISTOL -- The First Lady of the United States will deliver the commencement address at Roger Williams University next month.

University officials this afternoon confirmed that Laura Bush will address the school's 850 graduating seniors on May 20. Bush is scheduled to make remarks on Senior Day at Vanderbilt University, but her visit to Rhode Island will be her only commencement address this year, according to Roger Williams President Roy J. Nirschel.

"We’re just really, really flattered and honored that she chose Roger Williams University," he said in an interview this afternoon.

Nirschel said that efforts to bring the First Lady to Bristol began more than a year ago. Nirschel's wife, Paula, hand-delivered a letter requesting this year's appearance when she brought a group of Afghan women studying at Roger Williams to the White House last year.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 4:19 PM | Permalink

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