Nordegren graduates and gives a commencement address to her former fresh graduates. In a report by ABC News, as Nordegren graduates and gave her commencement speech Saturday, she said that education is the only "consistent part" of her life "for the last nine years."
Elin Nordegren is Tiger Woods' ex-wife, and in her graduation commencement address on Saturday, she managed to make a rare comment about her former married life to Woods.
As Nordegren graduates from Rollins College in Orlando, Florida, she said "And it was right after I had taken communication and the media [class], I was unexpectedly thrust into the media limelight." Nordegren was referring to her ex-husband's extra-marital affairs in 2009. Afterwards she joked, "And I probably should have taken more notes in that class."
Nordegren won the Outstanding Graduating Senior Award for having an almost perfect GPA, reports ABC News. Nordegren graduates and it was because of the award that she had to make the speech.
Nordegren is a mother of two. In her commencement address, she admitted that it took her nine years to graduate: "I have also realized that education has been the only consistent part of my life for the last nine years and it has offered me comfort. Because education is the one thing that no one can take away from you."
Nordegren graduates and in her commencement address, she detailed the difference of her life from when she first started in school to now. She said, "When I entered my student advisor office in the fall of 2005, I was 25 years old. I just recently moved to America. I was married without children. Today, nine years later, I'm a proud American and I have two beautiful children." She added, "But I'm no longer married."
Nordegren graduates and makes the speech, and the audience applauded her for it. It takes courage to graduate, but it takes a whole lot more to go through an ordeal like hers and joke about it.
To watch the Nordegren's full-length speech, see video below.
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