Remembering Matthew McConaughey's epic, rambling UH commencement speech

The speech has been immortalized as a motivational force on YouTube, personally published by McConaughey on Medium, and by ...
Capital Public Radio

What We Learned From The Best Commencement Speeches Ever

Something funny has happened to the familiar commencement address in the past 10 years. That something is YouTube. Steve Jobs' 2005 address at Stanford, to take just one example, has been viewed ...
The New York Times

We Watched Dozens of Graduation Speeches. Here’s What We Found.

The New York Times studied videos of addresses posted online, including those by President Trump, Kermit the Frog and a slew of celebrity speakers. Here is a look at key themes that emerged. By Mitch ...
SheKnows

These Celebrities Gave College Commencement Speeches With the Best Advice for 2025 Grads

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 ...
Inside Higher Ed

Turing’s Milestone, Graduation’s Microphone

The Class of 2025 is entering a world fundamentally changed by AI—so Matthew Brophy proposes sending them off with an AI-authored commencement speech. Image generated by Matthew Brophy with ChatGPT ...
USA Today

When is President Trump speaking at University of Alabama commencement? Time, how to watch

For the first time in his second term, President Donald Trump will address graduating students with a commencement speech at the University of Alabama on May 1. Trump announced the plans in an April ...