Earlier this month, New York University alerted students who had been selected as speakers for the upcoming commencement that their remarks would be prerecorded and played on video screens versus ...

Myriad inspirational speeches, uplifting music, two backflips and a whole lot of graduation caps flying. That’s how things transpired at Mercer Island High School’s 68th commencement for the Class of ...

On May 31, 1969, the first student speaker to address a Wellesley College graduation took the stage. You already know her name: Hillary Rodham. The future first lady and secretary of state — who later ...