A look at some of the commencement speakers this graduation season. June 1, 2013— -- intro: As high school and college seniors participate in their commencement ceremonies, a long list of ...

Harvard’s commencement Thursday was defiant and celebratory, with speakers stressing the values of diversity and truth amid the school’s legal battles with the Trump administration. Dr. Abraham ...

Rice announced she will not speak at Rutgers University graduation. May 3, 2014 — -- Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice backing out of a planned commencement speech at Rutgers University ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- California Senator Kamala Harris says she will not be the commencement speaker at Saturday's graduation ceremony at UC Berkeley. Harris was booked for months to deliver a ...

Bridgewater College’s commencement speaker reinforced to graduates that there is always opportunity and connection even in “times of dissonance and disruption.” Dr. Jeffrey W. Carter, president of ...

The University of Alabama hasn't offered a commencement speaker for its graduating classes ― save for the UA School of Law ― since spring 2007. At that address, James T. Stephens, former president and ...

SMITHTOWN, NY — Charlotte Muratore, a senior at Smithtown High School West, was selected by her classmates as the Senior Class Honor Speaker for the High School West 2025 graduation, the Smithtown ...

G raduation is a beast of two burdens. It’s a celebration of students who’ve done the work and parents who’ve paid the bills. But it’s also supposed to float above the fray where the younger ...

I’ve written before that New College of Florida and its president, Richard Corcoran, have done some pretty smart things since the college’s dramatic, controversial transformation to a ...

When Wellesley College announced in March that MSNBC host and Tulane University professor Melissa Harris-Perry would be the 2012 commencement speaker, students seemed pleased. Wellesley students have ...

Stanford professor Abraham Verghese spoke out against the Trump administration’s "cascade of draconian government measures" at Harvard Thursday as the White House continues to battle the elite ...