Class of 2026 student speaker to deliver message of hope, perseverance and purpose
The thought of serving as student speaker at Tulane University’s Unified Commencement on Saturday, May 16, never crossed Madeline “Dylan” Murray’s mind — until her mother sent her a screenshot of the application from a Tulane parents' Facebook group a week before the deadline.
“I was making all the usual excuses,” she said. “Oh, I’m too busy. Oh, I’ll never get chosen.”
Then, the night before the application deadline, she sat down and wrote a rough draft of a potential speech.
Much to her surprise, the selection committee tapped Murray to stand before her classmates at Caesars Superdome and deliver what she hopes will be a message of hope, perseverance and purpose.
