<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/commencement/commencement-archive/commencement-2017/remarks-and-citations/williamson-speech-tekla-iashagashvili.html" dsn="news"><featured>false</featured><pubDate>05/13/2017</pubDate><title>Williamson Speech: Tekla Iashagashvili</title><description>Thank you, Dean Hazlett, for your kind words. Thank you, professors, mentors, friends, my parents, for the parts you have played in my life over these four years. I would not be standing here today...Franklin &amp; Marshall College offers students a hands-on education that emphasizes close relationships with faculty. Students flourish in a supportive community that treats them as an individual, and their successes continue long after F&amp;M. The College is a national leader in launching students and alumni to opportunities where they make a difference in the community and the world.</description><author>Tekla Iashagashvili</author><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><image-caption/></item>