Skidmore Scope Magazine Annual Edition for 2017

12 SCOPE ANNUAL 2017 BIG IDEAS Commencement 2017 featured earnest advice and warm wishes, such as: “Being able to make the right choice based on the truth that is you—that is the dream and hope that I have for you today.” —Oprah Winfrey, actress and media mogul, whose South African girls’ academy sent Mohau Mazibuko ’17 to Skidmore “The question of what you majored in will fade; the question of what you stand for will not.” —Wes Moore, advocate and author of the classwide reading, The Other Wes Moore, in the graduates’ freshman year “Learn to redefine failure as part of your success.” —Ann Tisch, educational philanthropist, whose Young Women’s Leadership Network and CollegeBound Initiative sent seven students into this year’s Skidmore graduating class  Summaries, social posts, photos, and video are at skidmore.edu/ commencement. Y E A R I N R E V I E W 2 0 1 7 Erin Covey photos