As college graduates across the country turn their tassels to the left and step into a world full of possibilities — and uncertainties — this year's commencement speakers have given moving speeches ...

They appear every spring, like crocuses or robins or perhaps black flies: commencement addresses. Thousands of them, across the country and across the variety of American higher education—two-year ...

When Emmy-award-winning actor Craig T. Nelson found out the University of Arizona would be giving him an honorary doctorate — and asking him to give the keynote address at graduation — he initially ...

A student who has been incarcerated for more than 10 years delivers a graduation speech about forgiveness, perseverance and making the most of a... 'Dear Son': How A Mom's Letter Inspired A Graduation ...