Actor Seamus Dever, an MCC alumnus and former longtime Bullhead City resident, was the guest speaker. Dever plays NYPD detective Kevin Ryan in ABC’s hit show “Castle.” Other roles have included Dr. Ian Devlin on “General Hospital,” and Dr. Getti on “Army Wives.”
He earned 32 college credits at MCC before graduating from Mohave High School as valedictorian of his class and going on to Northern Arizona University for bachelor’s degrees, and Carnegie Mellon University for a master’s in fine arts.
Dever told the graduates, “I wish you success and I wish you failures,” explaining that when you are stretching yourself and taking working to be more, there will be some failures before the successes, and that having ambition and staying the course are as important as having a degree.
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Dever, who plays NYPD Det. Kevin Ryan on ABC’s “Castle,” spoke Friday of failure as a by-product of the efforts one undertakes to achieve success.
“Go out there and fall on your faces,” he told the graduating class assembled on the Mojave Crossing Event Center floor. “Let success taste that much sweeter.”
