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“Our student response was incredible and thanks to their participation, FDU was the national winner,” the university’s president, Christopher Capuano, said after Bon Jovi’s performance of his new song, “Reunion.” “I’m sure that is something that we will all remember for a very long time.”

Jon Bon Jovi crashed graduation for our awesome senior class! ????#fdugrad #devilspride pic.twitter.com/Gzxz4v8NZM

— FDU Women's Soccer (@FDUWSOC) May 16, 2017

The singer appeared on “Good Morning America” today as he was gearing up for the big surprise, hiding inside the MetLife stadium locker rooms.

“We had a nationwide contest to have Bon Jovi perform at your graduation,” he explained. “I had written a song for a commencement I was giving, and since then it had turned into a record, a song on our new album called ‘Reunion.’ And so we’re going to pop up and surprise the school who had the most votes to get us to come.”

The song's chorus includes the lyrics, \"Write your song, sing along, love your life ... Learn to laugh, dare to dance, touch the sky ... Take pictures each step of the way ... Make this the best of the rest of your days ... Start your revolution and I'll see you at the reunion.\"

?Before we crashed FDU's Graduation Day at MetLife! Congrats FDU Grads ??We had a blast. #fdugrad

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Bon Jovi caught up with \"Good Morning America\" co-anchor Michael Strahan before the surprise performance, where the rock icon offered his graduation advice, saying he would tell the former students to \"be careful of the words that you say, not only to others, but to yourself.\"

\"Don't take any criticism too heavily, but don't accept the praise too loudly either,\" Bon Jovi added. \"Be humbled in your approach to things.\"

He said that he hopes his song \"Reunion\" will be \"a song that you’ll be able to sing and relate to, and hear on the radio, and go 'That was a part of my graduation.'\"

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PHOTO: ABC News' Michael Strahan, right, joined Jon Bon Jovi at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey as the rock singer surprised the graduating class at Fairleigh Dickinson University commencement with a performance.
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The contest, which partnered with MTVU, asked college seniors to share their best college moments on Twitter using the hashtag #JBJReunionContest.

Bon Jovi is no stranger to celebrating college graduations this week.

“Two of my kids are graduating college this week,” he said on “GMA.” “Stephanie has got her film degree and Jesse’s got his political science degree, so daddy’s going to two graduations.”

As he was exiting FDU’s commencement stage after his performance, he wished the class of 2017 “Good luck.”

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