As college graduates across the country turn their tassels to the left and step into a world full of possibilities — and uncertainties — this year's commencement speakers have given moving speeches ...

In May 2022, Taylor Swift stood in front of thousands of people at Yankee Stadium to share some thoughts with New York University’s Class of 2022. It was the first time she’d worn a cap and gown, and ...

Minnesota State University President Edward Inch addressed the institution’s budget strategies, roadmap goals and new academic opportunities in his annual convocation speech as he welcomed faculty and ...

Every year, celebrities, businesspeople, politicians, artists, and more get asked to address a graduating class in a commencement speech. The moment, which is usually equally exciting to the honoree ...

Kermit the Frog practices his University of Maryland commencement address in College Park on May 22. (Allison Robbert/For The Washington Post) Regarding Matt Bai’s May 25 Sunday Opinion column, ...

Texas A&M University President R. Bowen Loftin will soon deliver the commencement convocation, one of his last speeches as the university's top administrator. The Dec. 12 speech will be followed the ...

A student speaker was recently disciplined by NYU for giving an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian speech at his school’s commencement ceremony. NYU apparently rejected the idea that the address should ...

The 2025 class president of MIT was barred from attending her graduation ceremony on Friday after delivering a speech denouncing the war in Gaza at a commencement event the day before. Megha Vemuri ...

"Beautiful weather, terrific outcome of the senior class campaign, great speaker," said President Skorton summing up the Convocation ceremony of Cornell's 139th Commencement held Saturday at ...