The unscripted message referenced people "suffering in Palestine" and "families being torn apart by ICE." A school official ...

During the graduation ceremony for Clayton High School on Thursday, May 28, Leen Hijaz delivered the welcome speech. As she ...

From forming lifelong friendships to being taken in by an American family, Mubarak said he plans to keep sharing his story ...

After 40 or more years listening to graduation speeches for first grade through college and including a medical school and as a family member, student, teacher and administrator, I feel I have become ...

Graduation podiums have become political soapboxes — and New York University has a terrible solution. For the class of 2026’s big day, the school is having students pre-record their commencement ...

A good commencement speech is not aimed at posterity, proffered to everyone for all time. Instead, it is a temporary moment in which a speaker brings a community together in the moment they share ...

As campuses grow more polarized, universities weigh speech, protest and political backlash at commencement.