The podium granted to these commencement speakers doesn’t belong to the speaker. It is a platform designed for a specific purpose and event — the celebration of the graduation of students.

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Kermit will deliver the commencement address on May 21, the university announced Wednesday. “Nothing could make these feet happier than to speak at the University of Maryland.

The Steve Jobs Archive just launched a new digital exhibit titled “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish,” inspired by Jobs’ famous words in his Stanford commencement speech.