<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/commencement/commencement-archive/commencement-2024/citations-and-remarks/commencement-remarks-jason-cone.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate/><title>Commencement Remarks by Keynote Speaker Jason Cone '99</title><description>Your time at F&amp;M has been bookended by uncertainty. The onset of a global pandemic and tensions today on campuses. Yet here you are – strong, resilient. On the cusp of the next leg in your journey. A class more diverse than any other in this academic institution’s history. You represent progress by your presence in this place and the achievement and contributions you have already made.</description><author>Office of Communications</author><image><img src="/_resources/images/05-11%20Commencement%20DG_173-Cone.jpg" alt="Jason Cone '99. Image Credit: Deb Grove"/></image><tags><tag>Commencement</tag></tags></item>