Duke University held commencement exercises over the weekend, which means life is about to get demonstrably worse for any number of young people. Life, however, is not going to get worse for Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman, in large part because he's a major-league ballplayer.

Why inject Mr. Stroman into this discussion? We do so because Mr. Stroman was among those who was graduated from Duke on Sunday. Stroman was drafted out of Duke in 2012, and last year while rehabbing his knee injury he worked toward finishing his degree. As you're about to see, that work paid off on Sunday ...

Sheepskin received! And here's Marcus demonstrating his delivery while wearing the robes of the occasion ...

Congratulations to Marcus Stroman, big-league moundsman and college graduate!