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Michelle Bailhe

Michelle Bailhe graduated from Brown University in May 2015 and was one of two students chosen to deliver commencement addresses.

Michelle Bailhe graduated from Brown University in May 2015 and was one of two students chosen to deliver commencement addresses. 

Michelle Bailhe was one of two graduating seniors chosen to speak at Brown University's 247th commencement. Bailhe delivered her address, “I Don’t Know,” in Providence, Rhode Island, on May 24.

‘I don’t know’ merely means ‘I don’t know yet’

Culture

“I don’t know” is not only the first step on the path to discovery. It’s also a critical step on the path to human connection. “We cherish controversies yet unsettled, problems yet unresolved, doctrines long unchallenged,” one graduating college senior writes. “We don’t just embrace the unknown, we ask it out to fair-trade coffee.”