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The commencement is a ceremony in which degrees or diplomas are conferred upon graduating students. A commencement speech is typically given by a notable figure in the community or a graduating student. The person giving such a speech is known as a commencement speaker. Very commonly, colleges or universities will invite politicians, important ...
The following is a list of commencement speeches given by Sister Helen Prejean. [1] University Location Date University of Glasgow: Scotland: July 10, 1995
College commencement speeches are as much a part of spring as the cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, most commencement speeches aren't very inspiring or entertaining, and instead ...
UCLA commencement ceremonies kicked off Friday with at least one event marked by student speakers who delivered searing criticism of the university's handling of pro-Palestinian protests and ...
A graduation or commencement speech, in the U.S., is a public speech given by a student or by alumnus of a university to a graduating class and their guests. Common themes of the graduation speech include wishing the graduates well in the "real world", cautioning that the world of academe is a special place where they were taught to think (a ...
High school class valedictorian Alem Hadzic was unusually somber before delivering his commencement speech on May 16. “People were coming over to wish me luck and I was kind of blowing them off ...
IT’S GRADUATION season and before students throw their mortar boards in the air, the ceremony isn’t complete without an inspiring commencement speech. In Singapore, Law Minister K. Shanmugam ...
Shuping Yang and University of Maryland president Wallace Loh at the spring commencement on May 21, 2017 . The Shuping Yang commencement speech controversy took place following a commencement speech made by Shuping Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨舒平; traditional Chinese: 楊舒平; pinyin: Yáng Shūpíng), a Chinese undergraduate student graduating from the University of Maryland (UMD), on ...