Comedian Mindy Kaling delivered an inspiring graduation speech at her alma mater Dartmouth College and used Trump as an ...

Hilary Duff, Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Jackman are among the celebrities imparting their words of wisdom to 2026 college graduates Several musicians, athletes, actors and authors have been tapped ...

As the Class of 2025 gears up for graduation day, many Swifties are posting a major throwback to Taylor Swift's graduation speech in 2022 at New York University. The global pop sensation received an ...

"We're not given a voice to stay silent," Leen Hijaz said at the Clayton High School commencement ceremony on May 28 Leen Hijaz, valedictorian at Clayton High School in Johnston County, N.C., said her ...

Hilary Duff is a pro at delivering commencement speeches, thanks to her epic graduation speech as seen in The Lizzie McGuire Movie. So when it came time to deliver a real-life one, the star pulled out ...

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 ...

Kermit the Frog practices his University of Maryland commencement address in College Park on May 22. (Allison Robbert/For The Washington Post) Regarding Matt Bai’s May 25 Sunday Opinion column, ...

Late May to the middle of June is the apex of the mountain that is the NBA season. Legends are born out of the climb and under the brightest of lights. Cities come alive as other fan bases lose sleep ...

From the robed procession to the conferring of degrees to the keynote speech meant to inspire students to reflect on their lives and contributions to society, graduation ceremonies are a grand and ...

It's that time of year, where college graduates are heading off into the world and everyone from Arianna Huffington to President Obama are tasked with the job to inspire them to fix our broken world.

From getting dumped to fighting for your reproductive rights, we picked out our favorite (and one not-so favorite) speeches from this year's round of graduations. Okay, so we understand that ...

If we promise to make a better world, as graduation speakers urge us to do, it seems that we should be able to urge them to make graduation a better day. It doesn't take much to make everyone happy.