Senior Class Day
Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States, was the keynote speaker at Vanderbilt University’s Senior Class Day. Read more about Laura Bush's visit. Watch or listen to the lecture on the Webcast 2006 Web site.
Senior Class Day is a new Vanderbilt tradition, begun in 2004 and featuring a keynote speaker, lectures by Vanderbilt faculty, receptions, award ceremonies and other activities. The inaugural Senior Class Day Speaker was then-National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice, whose remarks drew a crowd of 10,000. Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman and the first Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize, delivered the 2005 Senior Class Day address.
