She has collaborated extensively with npr, national public radio, in building the the best commencement speeches, ever project and has given tv, radio, and press interviews on commencement speeches. We are now in a golden age of the commencement speech as a hilarious, inspiring form of popular art. The perfect gift for graduates thirty commencement addresses about liberty. Npr s terry gross has a sick burn for bill oreilly walking out on their fresh air. A commencement speech for those watching commencement.
And they can be whatever you want them to be as much as youve changed during your time here, more. Do you have any great quotes about books and reading to share. These great commencement speeches will change how you look. Npr eds commencement speech app ken burns may 15 washington university in st. Woody hayes ohio state commencement speech honored by. Students at a graduation ceremony at the harvard business school in 1938. Commencement speeches we sample some commencement addresses from various colleges, high schools, elementary schools and kindergartens around the. I havent listened to them all, but today might be the day. And heres npr s nifty searchable collection of 354 commencement speeches.
Npr launches database of best commencement speeches ever. These great commencement speeches will change how you look at success and failure our greatest actors, writers, musicians, and leaders give really great advicebut its not just for college. Npr assembled the 300 greatest commencement speeches, ever, and only one speech from a football coach made the list. And to pay our respects to graduations past and present, npr ed and the npr. But my dear graduates, let me be frank, the best years are very much ahead of you. Now all of you arent facing a global war, or, at least, not yet. What we learned from the best commencement speeches ever npr. Commencement speeches first theres a joke to get their attention. Weve handpicked over 350 addresses going back to 1774. Npr ed our searchable commencement app is now updated with the best speeches from 2014 and 2015. Margaret atwood university of toronto, 1983 you may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it, and this, paradoxically, alters reality.
Wake forest university, 2007 ive observed a few things about the few really great people ive had a chance to meet and coverthey need to be around people. By jeremy bowers, emily davis, danny debelius, christopher groskopf, anya kamenetz, meredith rizzo, sami yenigun. Npr ed launches with new commencement speech database. Condoleezza rice may 16 college of william and mary. Times are tough, but you can make it if commencement speeches reflect the times we live in, then this years entries point.
Search over 350 speeches by name, school, date or theme and find out what they have in common with pop songs on our blog. Remembering who we are and millions of other books are available for. Check out our handpicked selection of commencement addresses, going back to 1774. Our new searchable database of commencement speeches brings you. After the water when a flash flood ripped through old ellicott city in. Its getting to be that time of the year when students wipe tears from watery eyes, exchange final goodbyes and throw their graduation caps into. Right above, you can see nprs new animation featuring former clinton and obama speechwriter jon lovett at pitzer colleges commencement. Partial transcription of bill nyes 2019 goucher college commencement speech.
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