President Donald Trump, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, Usher, and others gave the Class of 2025 their best life advice.

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Conan O’Brien, Bill Watterson, Ellen DeGeneres — these once-in-a-generation talents have provided light in our darkest moments. So it stands to reason that they’d bring some shade to our brightest ...

Beth Thames: The best piece of advice from a college commencement speech Updated: May. 29, 2025, 6:01 a.m. | Published: May. 29, 2025, 6:00 a.m. By Beth Thames This is an opinion column ...

A muppet and movie stars give commencement speeches –inspiring graduates with hope, humor and a powerful call to action.

A commencement speaker at Smith College relinquished her honorary degree after the college discovered that sections of her speech were plagiarized, the college’s president announced Tuesday.

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