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Before his speech, Dafoe was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from the university, where he studied theater in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe at peace with yourself, find what you love and practice it anyway you can,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/gallery\/cheers-to-you-uwm-class-of-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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":"<p>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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