--- title: Michelle Obama CUNY Commencement Speech Livestream Video description: First Lady Michelle Obama is addressing the graduating class the City University of New York during the school's commencement exercises canonical: https://time.com/4356477/michelle-obama-cuny-commencement-speech-livestream-video/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-03T15:15:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:22:31.823Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Watch Live: Michelle Obama Delivers CUNY Commencement Address og:description: As she speaks to the class of 2016 og:url: https://time.com/4356477/michelle-obama-cuny-commencement-speech-livestream-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb12cb8506c0f784b/69888c80f887dcbbffe9532a/michelle-obama-sexism.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit - Day 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Michelle Obama Delivers CUNY Commencement Address twitter:description: As she speaks to the class of 2016 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb12cb8506c0f784b/69888c80f887dcbbffe9532a/michelle-obama-sexism.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Michelle Obama Delivers CUNY Commencement Address by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 3, 2016 3:15 PM CUT  U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama speaks onstage during Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit - Day 2 at The Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard on October 13, 2015 in Washington, DC. U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama speaks onstage during Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit - Day 2 at The Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard on October 13, 2015 in Washington, DC.Paul Morigi—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 3, 2016 3:15 PM CUT First Lady Michelle Obama is addressing the graduating class the City University of New York during the school’s commencement exercises on Friday. Commencement exercises began at 10:30 a.m. E.T., and Obama is expected to speak later in the morning. Watch it live above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4356477/michelle-obama-cuny-commencement-speech-livestream-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4356477/michelle-obama-cuny-commencement-speech-livestream-video/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Michelle Obama Delivers CUNY Commencement Address","datePublished":"2016-06-03T15:15:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:22:31.823Z","description":"As she speaks to the class of 2016","url":"https://time.com/4356477/michelle-obama-cuny-commencement-speech-livestream-video/","keywords":["Education","Commencement 2016"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb12cb8506c0f784b/69888c80f887dcbbffe9532a/michelle-obama-sexism.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb12cb8506c0f784b/69888c80f887dcbbffe9532a/michelle-obama-sexism.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit - Day 2","caption":"U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama speaks onstage during Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit - Day 2 at The Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard on October 13, 2015 in Washington, DC.","creditText":"Paul Morigi—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/education/","name":"Education"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4356477/michelle-obama-cuny-commencement-speech-livestream-video/","name":"Watch Live: Michelle Obama Delivers CUNY Commencement Address"}}]}] ```