Wood’s speech followed last spring’s commencement speech by Adayliah Ley ’24, which also criticized the college’s investments in what Middlebury Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) has called war ...

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE'S FEBRUARY COMMENCEMENT HAS GAINED NATIONAL ATTENTION FOLLOWING A CONTROVERSIAL MOMENT WHEN A GRADUATE USED HER SPEECH TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE ONGOING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA.

USC will replace the traditional valedictorian speech at this spring’s commencement ceremony with a “Student Commencement Speaker” in what the university called an effort to open the process ...

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is looking back at his controversial Benedictine College commencement speech with no regrets. In May 2024, Butker made headlines for his remarks to the ...

When it comes down to his views and what he said at the [Benedictine College] commencement speech, you know, those are his [views]. I can’t say I agree with the majority of it — or just about ...

In this short video, we look at commencement speeches, from Steve Jobs to Whoopi Goldberg, digging into the psychology of it, its gender and cultural undertones, and ultimately trying to discern ...

While delivering the commencement speech at Benedictine College, Butker, a devout Christian, opined that more women in the audience were excited about starting a family than having a career and ...

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Kansas City Chiefs placekicker Harrison Butker did not walk back any of the comments he made in his controversial commencement speech at Benedictine College last May. During a Super Bowl opening ...