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 ...

It’s graduation season. “Pomp and Circumstance” is playing everywhere. By the time most of us are middle-aged and beyond, we’ve been to a dozen or more graduations, starting with our own. These days, ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Kermit the Frog knows it’s not easy being green — or graduating from college and entering the real world, especially during a time of economic uncertainty and political ...

Kermit the Frog speaks during University of Maryland's commencement ceremony on 22 May in College Park.Photograph: John T Consoli/AP America’s higher education may be under attack from the federal ...

This graduation season, the biggest names to deliver commencement addresses to Maryland institutions came from the heights of government and puppeteering.

It's that time of year, where college graduates are heading off into the world and everyone from Arianna Huffington to President Obama are tasked with the job to inspire them to fix our broken world.

Donovan Livingston performed a spoken word poem titled "Lift Off." — -- It's the speech Harvard University is calling "the most powerful, heartfelt" speech "you will ever hear." Donovan ...

Congratulations to the Class of 2025. On Sunday, Stanford University held its 134th annual commencement ceremony, recognizing all the graduating undergrads as well as post grad students who received ...

From getting dumped to fighting for your reproductive rights, we picked out our favorite (and one not-so favorite) speeches from this year's round of graduations. Okay, so we understand that ...