transcript Kermit took the podium in a muppet-size formal cap and gown on Thursday to deliver a commencement speech at the University of Maryland, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson.

On May, 22, 2025, at Jim Henson's alma mater, the University of Maryland, a familiar green frog urged the 2025 graduates to embrace kindness, curiosity, and community. He closed his speech by ...

Miss Piggy would surely agree that Kermit the Frog looked dapper in his red robe and graduation cap as he delivered his cheery commencement speech to the University of Maryland’s graduating ...

As noted in Kermit’s speech, Jim Henson (who “had a hand in literally everything I did,” the Muppet quipped) was a graduate of the University of Maryland in 1960, majoring in home economics ...

Some University of Maryland (UMD) students are expressing outrage that commencement speaker Kermit the Frog will not give a politically charged speech at graduation on Thursday. Kermit was ...

He is also no stranger to the school.Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from Maryland in 1960. A home economics major, he fashioned the original frog puppet from one of his mother's coats and a ...

Kermit the Frog was the commencement speaker Thursday for the Class of 2025 at the University of Maryland, where his creator, Jim Henson, was a student decades ago. Henson, who was the creator of ...

The legendary frog was tapped for the job in honor of his late “Muppets” creator Jim Henson, who is an alumnus of the college. Kermit also delivered a heartwarming message to the graduates ...

For Kermit, the school probably feels just as homey as a swamp since Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from Maryland in 1960. When graduates imagine the list of possible speakers for their ...