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Four-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe gives the commencement address to graduates of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on May 22, 2022. Before his speech, Dafoe was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from the university, where he studied theater in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

\u201cBe at peace with yourself, find what you love and practice it anyway you can,\u201d Dafoe tells the graduates<\/a>. \u201cServe others, make every step a pleasure and trust it will take you where you need to be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe gives the commencement address to graduates of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on May 22, 2022. Before his speech, Dafoe was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from the university, where he studied theater in the 1970s. \u201cBe at peace with yourself, find what you love and practice it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":402,"featured_media":107319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-107322","uwmnewsvideo","type-uwmnewsvideo","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nActor and Alum Willem Dafoe Speaks at UW-Milwaukee Commencement - UWM REPORT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/video\/actor-and-alum-willem-dafoe-speaks-at-uw-milwaukee-commencement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Actor and Alum Willem Dafoe Speaks at UW-Milwaukee Commencement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Four-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe gives the commencement address to graduates of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on May 22, 2022. 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