(lubavitch.com) Over 10,000 people including graduates, family, and friends gathered in the Geisling Stadium for Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) 2009 Commencement. At the conclusion of his first year of Shlichus as director of Chabad of CMU, Rabbi Shlomo Silverman received the honor of giving the Invocation at the beginning of the ceremony.

Dressed in the formal regalia of cap and gown, Rabbi Silverman addressed the crowd, saying, “You have been given the power to change the world for the good." The Rabbi challenged them to make this world a better place, and blessed them with success as they move on in life.