Graduation Speech

Is It True About Commencement Speeches? (A Response to James Franco)

Adam Levin | Posted 05.24.2012

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Adam Levin

The system by which we fund higher education may be horribly broken, but that in no way means the people who are a product of it should be written off. Graduates should feel empowered to effect these changes. If they don't -- if they're all too cynical and feel there's no use in trying -- then we're in big trouble.

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The Most Honest Commencement Speech You'll Never Hear

Lisa Bloom | Posted 05.23.2012

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Lisa Bloom

Young Americans, my generation has failed you. Standards have slipped, we've deprioritized education and we've hardly even noticed. And young Americans, you are suffering as a result, arriving into adulthood without the knowledge and skills you need.

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USC Baccalaureate Speech: How Interfaith Encounters Help Me Dare To Hope

Sarrah Shahawy | Posted 07.29.2011

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Sarrah Shahawy

Joining the Interfaith Council at USC and engaging in dialogue and service became ways in which I could strengthen my own faith, by viewing it through the prism that unites all faiths.

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Obama At Kalamazoo Graduation (VIDEO): Michigan High School Students Win Obama As Commencement Speaker

Posted 05.25.2011

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KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP)- The prize in a national competition for commencement speaker, President Barack Obama handed out diplomas and a few hugs as the ...

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Which Impossible Dream?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carl Pope

Does anyone of my generation belong on commencement podiums this year? I reflected on the tragedy in the Gulf and offered up three of my generation's blunders as examples to be avoided.

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New Yorker Cartoonist BEK's Difficulty In Writing A Graduation Speech In Cartoons

Bruce Eric Kaplan | Posted 07.29.2011

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Bruce Eric Kaplan

What you are about to read is an excerpt from a little picture book for adults I wrote. It is the story of someone trying to come up with the perfect graduation speech.

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