[Merced, CA. May 16. Image via Getty.]

MERCED, CA - MAY 16: First Lady Michelle Obama (C) waves to the crowd as (L-R) Sung-Mo Kang, chancellor of UC Merced, Mark G. Yudof, president, University of California and Richard C. Blum, Chairman of Regents of the University of California look on before Michelle Obama delivers the commencement speech at the University of California, Merced on May 16, 2009 in Merced, California. The 500 graduating students receiving diplomas are the first graduating class since the university opened in 2005. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images)

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