In 1997 — which some of us remember as an earlier, more carefree era of internet disinformation — graduation remarks supposedly delivered at M.I.T. by the writer Kurt Vonnegut made the rounds ...

I had a friend named Tracy who was a good runner, and on Lap 4, she'd tell me to start taking bigger steps. "Hang in there," she'd tell me. "We're almost done." ...

Most commencement speeches tend to follow a similar formula. However, some are so inspiring that they are remembered long after graduation. Presidents, Nobel Prize winners, CEOs, and comedians ...

It’s common these days to come across criticisms of college, but I’d argue higher education should be celebrated and encouraged. I’ve been talking with friends from various walks of life who ...

Making graduation speeches used to be fairly conventional. But change is so rapid that the old rules no longer apply. Good luck, kids.

I have a pretty good basis for comparison. There are a lot of very bad graduation speeches ever year (not naming any names). We were fortunate to hear what we heard that day.

Luton Town legend Mick Harford, Olympic silver medallist Mallory Franklin, and Luton Rising’s Chair, Paul Kehoe, were just ...