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Bryn Mawr College Hoping To Land Michelle Obama As Graduation Speaker

Help the college get the attention of FLOTUS by sharing their video on social media!

You may be seeing #MichelleAtTheMawr across social media for a while, as Bryn Mawr College is working to get First Lady Michelle Obama as the college's 2017 commencement speaker

They Bryn Mawr College Class of 2017 believes the College's mission to forge powerful women through rigorous academics and close-knit community mirrors the First Lady's advocacy for women's education, both nationally and internationally, the college said via Facebook.

"In order to help them achieve this goal and raise awareness for this campaign, we want to encourage the entire BMC community to share, like, and comment on this post, as well as talk about it on your other social media channels," the post said.

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The college put out a video on social media that features college President Kim Cassidy and students tell Obama why she should come to Bryn Mawr College in May.

Check out the college's video about landing Obama as their speaker:

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