She is a fantastic speaker. Apparently there was "deal" with GWU if the students could put in 100,000 hours of community service during the past year she would speak at their graduation.. They cleared that number easily. She focused her comments on serving and giving and volunteering such as Peace Corps and other volunteer/community service type opportunities and stressed that it will help them individually as much or more than those they are helping. I was a Peace Corps Volunteer many years ago and I can say that is absolutely true.
BTW, my niece graduated with honors from GWU med school. Now she is off to residency and begin paying off her enormous student loan! But apparently there is provision in the healthcare bill to forgive their loan if a Doctor works for a non-profit hospital/clinic for 10 years... but they do have to pay on the loan during that time at 10% of their salary. She plans to do that. I think its a very good idea.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjoAD6n686ohttp://blogs.gwhatchet.com/newsroom/2010/05/16/obama-urges-graduates-to-continue-their-commitment-to-service-at-university-wide-commencement/?hphttp://www.necn.com/05/16/10/Michelle-Obama-delivers-commencement-at-/landing_nation.html?blockID=235678&feedID=4207