15 celebrities giving commencement speeches this year

Hilary Duff, Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Jackman are among the celebrities imparting their words of wisdom to 2026 college ...

Remembering Matthew McConaughey's epic, rambling UH commencement speech

The speech has been immortalized as a motivational force on YouTube, personally published by McConaughey on Medium, and by ...
Capital Public Radio

What We Learned From The Best Commencement Speeches Ever

Something funny has happened to the familiar commencement address in the past 10 years. That something is YouTube. Steve Jobs' 2005 address at Stanford, to take just one example, has been viewed ...
The New York Times

We Watched Dozens of Graduation Speeches. Here’s What We Found.

The New York Times studied videos of addresses posted online, including those by President Trump, Kermit the Frog and a slew of celebrity speakers. Here is a look at key themes that emerged. By Mitch ...
Inside Higher Ed

Turing’s Milestone, Graduation’s Microphone

The Class of 2025 is entering a world fundamentally changed by AI—so Matthew Brophy proposes sending them off with an AI-authored commencement speech. Image generated by Matthew Brophy with ChatGPT ...
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23 valuable pieces of advice from graduation speeches throughout history

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The Brown and White

Former NYSE President Stacey Cunningham to deliver commencement speech

Stacey Cunningham, ‘96, former president of the New York Stock Exchange, will deliver the 158th undergraduate commencement ...