Small College Nets Big Fish: First Lady To Speak
Source: NPR Posted By: post_123 5671 days ago
First lady Michelle Obama is heading to California this weekend to give her only college commencement speech this graduation season. Her destination: the University of California's newest campus, Merced, in the middle of the Central Valley.
Obama will give her speech on a temporary stage, surrounded by cow pastures, in the heart of California's conservative farm belt. The area is so rural that UC Merced's glimmering steel and glass research labs seem like a mirage on the horizon, just below the....