Jon Bon Jovi breaks out guitar at commencement address
Rock star and philanthropist Jon Bon Jovi performs a new song during graduation ceremonies at Rutgers University-Camden Thursday, May 21, 2015, in Camden, N.J.
Rocker Jon Bon Jovi has a new song of graduation advice.
He broke it out Thursday while giving a commencement address for Rutgers University’s Camden campus.
In verse, he told the graduates in a song called “Reunion,” ”This isn’t how the story ends, my friends, it’s just a fork along the road.”
The ceremony was held at the Susquehanna Bank Center where Bon Jovi’s band has previously performed.
The New Jersey native was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters recognizing his entertainment career and a history of philanthropy focused on homelessness and poverty.
He also told the graduates to map out their futures in pencil, not pen.
Another honorary degree went to Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson.
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