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Displaying all articles tagged:
Commencement Speeches
25 famous women on
Sept. 7, 2023
25 Powerful Commencement Speeches by Famous Women
Get in the back-to-school spirit with these truth bombs from Taylor Swift, Michelle Obama, Toni Morrison, and more.
By
Brooke LaMantia
and
Julie Ma
boo
May 21, 2023
David Zaslav Draws Jeers, Boos at Boston University Graduation
“Pay your writers,” the crowd chanted at the Warner Bros. Discovery chief.
By
Charu Sinha
vulture guides
July 1, 2020
The Class of 2020’s Guide to All the Virtual Celebrity Commencement Speeches
J.Lo and A-Rod closed out graduation season with their New York Public Schools commencement speech.
By
Justin Curto
commencement speeches
June 7, 2020
Lady Gaga Has Faith New Graduates Can Tear Racism Out by the Roots
“You are the seeds that will grow into a new and different forest that is far more beautiful and loving than the one we live in today.”
By
Halle Kiefer
commencement speeches
June 7, 2020
Beyoncé Thanks Protesters, Calls Out Music-Industry Sexism in Graduation Speech
“Thank you for using your collective voice and letting the world know that black lives matter.”
By
Halle Kiefer
commencement speeches
June 4, 2020
Meghan Markle Addresses Black Lives Matter in High School Graduation Speech
“I realized: The only wrong thing to say is to say nothing.”
By
Justin Curto
commencement speeches
May 29, 2020
Conan O’Brien Praises Harvard Grads for Being ‘Resilient in a Scary World’
“Think of me as a fellow classmate — a fellow classmate who looks like shit.”
By
Megh Wright
congratulations class of 2020!
May 25, 2020
Jennifer Coolidge’s Spooky Advice for Emerson Grads Is Going to Be Tough to Beat
Which she delivers to a candlelit table of haunted dolls in formal wear.
By
Halle Kiefer
graduate together
May 18, 2020
Timothée Chalamet’s Statistics Teacher Finally Gets the Credit She Deserves
He thanked her in a virtual commencement speech.
By
Justin Curto
potus
May 17, 2020
Obama Is Sorry You’re Stuck at Home ‘Playing Board Games or Watching
Tiger King
’
Watch his commencement speech for the class of 2020.
By
Devon Ivie
congratulations class of 2020!
May 3, 2020
Here, Pretend Tom Hanks Gave
You
This Inspirational Commencement Speech
“You will not let us down.”
By
Halle Kiefer
commencement speeches
June 3, 2018
Jimmy Fallon Stopped by Stoneman Douglas to Give This Year’s Commencement Speech
“You’re not the future. You’re the present.”
By
Halle Kiefer
commencement speeches
May 13, 2018
The Good Wife
’s Matt Czuchry Ends Commencement Address With a Little
Hamilton
He recalls sobbing to Dave Matthews Band, but that was pretty much everyone’s post-college experience, right? Haha, right?
By
Halle Kiefer
awards
Mar. 27, 2018
José Andrés Will Get an Honorary Doctorate for His Public Service
He’s giving the 2018 commencement address at Tufts’ Friedman School.
By
Clint Rainey
good one podcast
Oct. 23, 2017
Maria Bamford Wants to Tell You How Much Money She Makes
On this week’s
Good One
podcast, Bamford discusses giving a commencement speech about getting paid to give it.
By
Jesse David Fox
commencement speeches
May 30, 2017
Robert De Niro: America Under Trump Is a ‘Tragic Dumbass Comedy’
Also, Trump is an “idiot.”
By
Dee Lockett
advice
May 25, 2017
Girls Who Code Founder Reshma Saujani Has Surprising Advice for Women Leaders
She gave a commencement at Harvard, where she had some surprising advice for graduates.
By
Claire Landsbaum
wise words
May 24, 2017
Helen Mirren’s “Top 5 Rules for a Happy Life” Are Words to Live By
In a Tulane commencement speech.
By
Anna Silman
commencement speeches
May 19, 2017
Maria Bamford Uses Commencement Speech to Explain How She Negotiated Her Fee
Then she gives away the fee.
By
Jackson McHenry
commencement speeches
June 3, 2016
Damon Read an Review of
GWH
in MIT Grad Speech
Damon also explained simulation theory.
By
Jackson McHenry
good things
May 31, 2016
Michelle Obama’s Inspiring Commencement Speech
To a graduating class of fewer than 100.
By
Jada Yuan
commencement speeches
May 16, 2016
Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Commencement Address
Relationship advice from Alexander Hamilton himself.
By
Jackson McHenry
politics
Apr. 30, 2016
Bloomberg Goes After Trump, Sanders in Address
Those who won’t run, teach.
By
Chas Danner
commencement speeches
June 5, 2015
Justice Scalia Reminds Graduates (Again) That Being Hitler Is Bad
“Never compromise your principles, unless of course your principles are Adolf Hitler’s.”
By
Jaime Fuller
real world advice
May 23, 2015
De Niro to NYU Graduates: ‘You’re F*cked’
“Whatever you do, don’t go to Tisch School of the Arts. Get an accounting degree instead.”
By
Greg Cwik
commencement speeches
May 18, 2015
Maya Rudolph Did Beyoncé in Commencement Speech
Tulane, you are so lucky.
By
Dee Lockett
commencement speeches
June 9, 2014
Watch Shonda Rhimes’s Wonderfully Candid Dartmouth Commencement Speech
“A hashtag is not a movement. A hashtag does not make you Dr. King.”
By
Lindsey Weber
just ask chuck schumer
June 6, 2014
Schumer Tells Same Breakup Story Over and Over
“I said to myself, ‘What a loser you are.’”
By
Caroline Bankoff
oh the places you’ll go
May 21, 2014
What Happens When Charlie Day Speaks at Your Commencement
You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You probably won’t cry.
By
Jesse David Fox
commencement speeches
May 19, 2014
See Sandra Bullock’s Moving Commencement Speech
At a charter school in New Orleans.
By
Anna Silman
education
May 15, 2014
The Alleged Offenses of 2014’s Disinvited Commencement Speakers
From war crimes to not being important enough.
By
Adam K. Raymond
commencement speeches
Oct. 29, 2012
Drake Delivered His High-School Graduation Speech
Not at Degrassi, sadly.
By
Eliot Glazer
commencement speeches
June 17, 2012
Bill Clinton Talks Privilege and Genetics at Nephew’s High-School Graduation
In Redondo Beach, California.
By
Andre Tartar
steve carell
June 6, 2012
Watch Steve Carell’s Princeton Graduation Speech
Meanwhile, Brett Butler high-fived somebody at the University of Arizona commencement speech.
By
Eliot Glazer
laurie anderson
May 24, 2012
Watch Laurie Anderson Give the Commencement Speech at the School of Visual Arts
Do you guys think Lou was there?
By
Eliot Glazer
andy samberg
May 24, 2012
Watch Andy Samberg Give the Class Day Speech at Harvard
“And always remember: cut a hole in a box.” (He didn’t say that.)
By
Eliot Glazer
neil gaiman
May 22, 2012
Watch Neil Gaiman Give the Commencement Speech at the University of the Arts
And that’s why you should’ve gone to UArts.
By
Eliot Glazer
jane lynch
May 21, 2012
Watch Jane Lynch Give the Commencement Speech at Smith College
And no tracksuit in sight!
By
Eliot Glazer
recylced material
May 17, 2012
Aaron Sorkin’s Regurgitated Syracuse Commencement Address
How to write like Sorkin: Repurpose an old speech, throw in some
West Wing
quotes.
By
Andre Tartar
aaron sorkin
May 15, 2012
Watch Aaron Sorkin’s Syracuse University Commencement Speech
And not a single
West Wing
mention!
By
Eliot Glazer
clickables
June 12, 2011
Watch Conan O’Brien Deliver the Dartmouth Commencement Address
“That’s right, with your college diploma you now have a crushing advantage over 8 percent of the workforce.”
By
Julie Gerstein
ink-stained wretches
May 29, 2011
Jonathan Franzen Knows What Love Is
“Whenever I looked at a bird, I could feel my heart overflow with love.”
By
Mike Vilensky