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- Graduates use their cell phones to take pictures of first lady Michelle Obama during Dillard University’s commencement ceremony in New Orleans, Saturday, May 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)
They may not be speaking from the International Space Station and they’re not Jimmy Page, but journalists are a part of many commencement ceremonies again this year. Any you want me to add? Email me!
On May 23rd, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria will give the commencement speech at Sarah Lawrence College, and on May 24th, sports commentator Mary Carillo will speak at Elon University.
Here’s a rundown of other journalists (or people involved with journalism) speaking this year. Cristina Negrut with GraduationWisdom.com compiled a complete list with people including the president and John Legend.
Upcoming speeches
May 25
— Christopher Dickey, foreign editor, The Daily Beast, Hamilton College
— Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder, Carthage College
June 15
— John Quiñones, co-anchor, “Primetime,” ABC, University of Washington, Bothell
Recent speeches
May 10
— George Stephanopoulos, anchor, “Good Morning America,” ABC, Franklin & Marshall College
— Judy Woodruff, co-anchor and managing editor, “PBS NewsHour,” PBS, Allegheny College
Thrilled to be celebrating on this commencement day w/ grads of @AlleghenyCol in PA pic.twitter.com/Zl8305FzTG
— Judy Woodruff (@JudyWoodruff) May 10, 2014
May 11
— David Remnick, editor, The New Yorker, Syracuse University
May 17
— Terry Gross, host, “Fresh Air,” NPR, Bryn Mawr College
— Gwen Ifill, moderator, “Washington Week,” PBS, St. Mary’s College Maryland
— Bob Schieffer, anchor, CBS News, Saint Anselm College
May 18
— Gloria Borger, chief political analyst, CNN, Colgate University
— Katie Couric, journalist, Trinity College
— Rachel Martin, host, “Weekend Edition Sunday,” NPR, University of Puget Sound
— David Plotz editor, Slate, and Hanna Rosin, correspondent for Slate and The Atlantic, Ripon College
May 19
— Jill Abramson, former executive editor, The New York Times, Wake Forest University
— Marty Baron, executive editor, The Washington Post, Lehigh University
Here, for what it’s worth, are the commencement speeches from NASA’s Rick Mastracchio in space from May 10 at the University of Connecticut, and Jimmy Page’s speech for Berklee College of Music on May 11.
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