the Class of 2005. Congratulations on your graduation, and thank you -- thank you for the honor of allowing me to be a part of it. Thank you also, Mr. President, for this honorary degree. It was only a couple of years ago that I stopped paying my student loans in law school. Had...
I had a lot on my plate and wasn't sure I could do it. One morning, a whole slew of Lehigh kids showed up on the plaza at Rockefeller Center with signs saying, "Please Katie, speak at our graduation!"
The speaker emphasized the importance of college graduation, where in the United States only 1 our of 3 achieve that status, and world wide only 1 our of 100. Emphasis was placed on having each gradate become an integral part of some social group, with each new day trying to create a ...
Annie Lennoxdropped out of university the very last month of the term before her graduation. From the moment when her first professor told her to forget everything she learned about playing the flute, she hated school. She told the 2013 grads of Berklee College of Music to “unlearn everythi...
Peking University, one of China's best, held its graduation ceremony for the class of 2017 on Tuesday, with more than 3,000 students obtaining bachelor's degrees. At the commencement, Lin Jianhua, the university's president, cited his own experience and told the graduates to accept the uncha...
College president John E. Jones by letter dated January 17 when inviting me to be the school’s 2024 commencement speaker and an honorary degree recipient. But on Saturday morning, he wrote for a different reason – to rescind the invitation, citing a desire ...
Kendrick Lamar made an inspiring, surprise speech at the 2024 Compton College graduation, telling students that their degree is something special.
Another Smith graduation speaker, Alistair Cooke 另一位史密斯毕业典礼发言人 阿利斯泰·库克 notoriously told the class of 1954 竟然恬不知耻地告诉1954届毕业生 that their way to the top would be determined by the men they married 她们走向成功的道路将由所嫁男性来决定 I want to do old Alistair on...
I’ve found myself looking out at the crowd of accomplished students and am drawn to the empty spaces. The emotional core of a commencement is a feeling of fulfillment. But those empty spaces represent the many students who did not make it to their graduation this year. Today, more than39...
The university canceled its main stage graduation ceremony, set for May 10. It already canceled a commencement speech by the school's pro-Palestinian valedictorian, citing safety concerns. The Los Angeles Police Department said more than 90 people were arrested Wednesday during a protest at the uni...