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Jose Antonio Vargas
2013–2015, Greatest Hits, Past SpeakersFall 2013 Commencement | Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, Founder and CEO, Define American
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Sam Kass
2013–2015, Past SpeakersSpring 2015 Commencement | NBC News analyst, Director, Let’s Move!, White House Senior Advisor for Nutrition Policy (2009-2014).
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Heather Thompson
2013–2015, Past SpeakersMarch 2, 2015 | University of Michigan historian and author of bestseller Blood in the Water