“Character without critical thinking can be easily manipulated driving up passions without reason. Critical thinking without character is empty. If you can reach conclusions based on the tools we have given you, but you are unwilling to speak out, unwilling to stand up, unwilling to do anything about it, then it is all pointless.”
See more from the 2025 Otterbein University Commencement.
Fairmont State University Commencement was one of seventy campuses participating in From Campus to Community a new national campaign to champion civil discourse and democratic engagement in this year’s commencement season. More from President John Comerford.
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