A range of high-profile figures from entertainment, politics and the arts are set to headline college commencement ceremonies ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year, celebrities, businesspeople, politicians, artists, and more get asked to address a graduating class in a commencement ...

Last year was a tumultuous year for commencement speakers. Some speeches were canceled while others were relocated. There were walkouts, protests and sharp repercussions. On May 11, Harrison Butker, ...

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 ...

I love to watch commencement speeches. As a speechwriter in my former life, I know there’s no harder job than holding students’ and parents’ attention when they really just want that degree. You’ve ...