{"id":2564,"date":"2014-06-17T15:55:57","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T19:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=2564"},"modified":"2016-01-21T15:33:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T20:33:10","slug":"vice-president-joe-biden-delivers-commencement-speech-at-kendall-and-interamerican-campus-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/vice-president-joe-biden-delivers-commencement-speech-at-kendall-and-interamerican-campus-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice President Joe Biden Delivers Commencement Speech At Kendall and InterAmerican Campus Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vice President Joe Biden brought an electric air to graduation, addressing 2,000 Kendall and Homestead graduates and their families on May 3. His message was one <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of aspiring for \u00a0dreams, having pride in origins and seeking opportunities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biden\u2019s speech at the Kendall Campus gymnasium was delivered at one of four separate Miami Dade College graduation ceremonies held on the same day. Approximately <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15,000 MDC students graduated this spring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the crowd waited for Biden to deliver his speech, nerves mixed with excitement. Secret service agents were stationed throughout the auditorium dressed in \u00a0distinct pin and earpieces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI feel like all students here are going to make history,\u201d said Seth Stultz, a 24-year-old Homestead student getting a mass communications degree, before the second in command addressed the graduates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMan I love the enthusiasm in this hall,\u201d Biden said. \u201cI want to say to the husbands, wives, moms, dads, children of all the graduates here today, congratulations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thirty-nine different nationalities graduated during the ceremony at the Kendall Campus. Biden expressed how he loved the display of the flags before his speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou know the history of the journey of this country in my view has been a constant parade of flags,\u201d Biden said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immigration was the focus topic for Biden\u2019s speech, with all the diversity in the auditorium a lot of the audience profoundly related to the subject.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMany of you overcame difficult circumstances,\u201d Biden said. \u201cMore than half of you speak a language other than English at home, but all of you speak the language of America, the language of courage, determination and success.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During Biden\u2019s speech, someone in the crowd interrupted him and yelled out: \u201cStop deportation!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biden simply replied: \u201cWe\u2019ll do that too kid, but first let me finish my speech.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merary Hernandez, a 19-year-old computer engineer graduate, related to Biden\u2019s message of determination. She struggled with adapting to a new language when she came from Honduras when she was nine years-old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biden also touched on the importance of never giving up and always putting your dreams first. He stated that in America, anything is possible. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMore change is going to take place in the next 20 years that has taken place in the last 100 years,\u201d Biden said. \u201cAmerica is on the cusp of so many innovations that will change the world, and you\u2019re gonna be part of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Dade College \u00a0graduates and the audience reacted to Biden\u2019s speech with cheers and applause but the graduates were mostly inspired by his speech to continue on with the power of education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPlease continue to pursue your dreams,\u201d Biden said. \u201cIt\u2019s the only way you\u2019re going to stay young.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Joe Biden brought an electric air to graduation, addressing 2,000 Kendall and Homestead graduates and their families on May 3. 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