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 ...

I love to watch commencement speeches. As a speechwriter in my former life, I know there’s no harder job than holding students’ and parents’ attention when they really just want that degree. You’ve ...

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, ...

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

Being green's not easy, nor is the path to a diploma. Kermit the Frog, slated to speak at the University of Maryland's commencement ceremony Thursday evening, joined "CBS Mornings" to preview his ...

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 2024 season was a great one for Dan Quinn and the Washington Commanders. Hired over last offseason to usher the franchise into a new era alongside No. 2 pick Jayden Daniels, Quinn helped inject a ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology banned the 2025 class president from Friday's graduation commencement ceremony after she delivered a pro-Palestinian speech at an event Thursday. The ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology banned the 2025 class president from Friday's graduation commencement ceremony after she delivered a pro-Palestinian speech during an event Thursday. The ...

Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Obama and Kanye West among speakers. — -- All right, all right, all right -- it's college graduation season and some of the biggest stars are lining up to address ...