Senator Klobuchar addressed Capella graduates and guests at our doctoral commencement ceremony in August, 2011. She spoke about the importance and gift of education, as well as encouraging the audience to have the courage to work together to move our country forward.
Amy Klobuchar is the senior US Senator from Minnesota, the first woman elected to the post. She was previously a partner in 2 of Minnesota's leading law firms. As an attorney, her safe schools initiative, community prosecution efforts, and criminal justice reforms earned awards from the U.S. Department of Justice under the Clinton and Bush administrations.