For example, I had a phase where ... Tom Brokaw said it was the very best commencement speech he had ever heard, and of course I believed this. And it was much easier to construct than this ...

We have four speeches/video messages for the graduates. The first is from Dr. Tina Pittman Wagers, a Teaching Professor in the department who has emceed our in-person ceremony for the past several ...

Many commencement speeches are forgettable. A lot are filled with the same cliché advice. But some are so good - so inspiring and poignant - that they stick with us forever. While certainly there ...

Oprah Winfrey, Tim Cook, and Ken Jeong are just a few of the most notable people invited to give commencement speeches in 2019. Here’s some of the advice they gave to graduates. Photo ...

The class of 2015 was sent into the world this month with words of wisdom, inspiration, and even a few laughs. Here are some highlights from our favorite commencement speeches this May.

A strain of sorrow and pessimism underlies all of Vonnegut’s fiction, as well as his graduation speeches. But he also insisted that young people cherish those fleeting moments of joy.

In this short video, we look at commencement speeches, from Steve Jobs to Whoopi Goldberg, digging into the psychology of it, its gender and cultural undertones, and ultimately trying to discern ...

Leading by example, they urged their peers at graduation ... Speaker Allie Chu described how the act of writing a genuinely vulnerable graduation speech posed a deep challenge for her.