Hillary Clinton Will Speak At Medgar Evers College

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Hillary Clinton will be the graduation speaker at Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights this year, the school said Friday.

The former first lady, presidential candidate, secretary of state and New York senator will give the commencement address at the school on Thursday, June 8.

"I could not think of a better match for a graduation speaker given that so many things that she has talked about are incredibly important to the student population — affordability, tuition, being able to avoid these ridiculous conversations about immigration," Rudolph F. Crew, the school's president, told The New York Times in an article announcing the news. "I want our students to see strong women who are capable of being able to lead."

Clinton, the Times notes, is the second first lady in two years to deliver a commencement speech at a City University of New York. Michelle Obama spoke last year at the City College of New York's graduation.

Clinton became somewhat of a recluse in the months and weeks after her stunning presidential election loss to Donald Trump in November.

Recently, though, she has appeared at speaking engagements and talked about her campaign strategy, Russian interference and her life ahead.

She spoke Thursday night on a panel with Times columnist Nicholas Kristof at the Women in the World Summit.

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