Jul
24
David Sedaris receives an honorary doctorate at Binghamton University
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Sedaris offers laughter, life lessons to graduates Education is a continuing process in life, humorist and writer David Sedaris stressed to graduates at the University’s fall commencement on Dec. 14. What some people don’t seem to understand is that you keep on learning, Sedaris said. One subject leads to another and 10 years from now, there’s no telling what you might be interested in. Maybe you major in American history and wind up opening a tanning salon or inventing an artificial heart that’s also an MP3 player. More than 400 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees were awarded in the ceremony at the Events Center. The ceremony also featured comments from President Lois B. DeFleur, doctoral candidate Caroline Tushabe and bachelor’s candidate Michelle Adamski. Sedaris, who was born in Binghamton and received an honorary doctorate, used his own educational odyssey to make his point to graduates in a 17-minute speech that drew constant laughter from the audience. Sedaris attended Western Carolina and Kent State before dropping out. Seven years later, he was accepted to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Even though he went to college for art, the creative writing courses he took there helped him eventually become a best-selling author whose personal stories are heard on NPR. “It’s been 20 years since my college graduation and I cant remember the last time I picked up a paintbrush,” he said. “This doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate painting; on the contrary, I’ve …
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You’d think she’d have taken the time to find out how his name is pronounced.
It is pronounced “se – DARE – us” you moron!