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A Valedictorian Pretended an Obama Quote Was a Trump Quote

By Raisa Bruner

What Graduates Need to Hear at Commencement This Year

By Melinda French Gates

Check Out the Songs That Were Big the Year You Graduated

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Jimmy Kimmel Let the Silenced Valedictorian Finish His Speech

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The Best Commencement Speeches of 2017

This year's graduation speeches included sage advice and even serenades

By Catherine Trautwein

Linda Sarsour Gives CUNY Commencement Speech: 'Commit to Never Being Bystanders'

"We will speak truth to power no matter the consequences"

By TIME Staff

Delayed Subway Riders Band Together to Give Grad a Ceremony

He put in the hard work and earned his degree — but for recent grad Jerich Marco Alcantara, attending his formal graduation ceremony was just not to be. On the way to New York City's...

By Raisa Bruner

How the Daughter of a Slave Became the First African-American Woman to Earn a Bachelor’s Degree

She graduated from Oberlin 155 years ago

By Erin Blakemore

Bill Clinton Highlights Power of Diversity

Clinton repeatedly emphasized the benefits of diversity rather than homogeneity

By Alana Abramson

Read Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz's Commencement Address at Arizona State University

"Summon your compassion, your curiosity, your empathy towards others"

By TIME Staff

Fighter Jet Crashes After Colorado Springs Air Force Academy Flyover

President Obama was in the crowd

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U.K. Grads Warned Not to Throw Caps

Company promises to "Photoshop them in above the group before printing"

By TIME Staff

Madeleine Albright: 'Leave Room in Your Brain for Ideas That You Have Not Thought About Before'

Watch Madeleine Albright's Scripps College commencement speech

By Madeleine Albright

It's Time to Be Done with Commencement Speakers

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

Mumps Outbreak at Harvard May Threaten Graduation

"I'm desperate to get students to take it seriously that they shouldn't be infecting one another"

By Daniel White

93-Year-Old Woman Receives Diploma She Was Refused 74 Years Earlier

"Her one regret is no longer a regret. It is a fulfilled ambition"

By Megan McCluskey

Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs to Grads: Happiness Is a Goal of Life

Cheryl Boone Isaacs gave this commencement speech at University of North Carolina School of the Arts

By Cheryl Boone Isaacs / The Academy

4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Career Path

Corporate versus startup

By Christine Zimmermann / Startup Institute

Sheryl Sandberg to Grads: Fortune Favors the Bold

Sheryl Sandberg gave this commencement speech at Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management

By Sheryl Sandberg

15 Books for Recent Graduates

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