A commencement speech or commencement address is a speech given to graduating students, generally at a university, although the term is also used for secondary education institutions and in similar institutions around the world.
The commencement is a ceremony in which degrees or diplomas are conferred upon graduating students. A commencement speech is typically given by a notable figure in the community or a graduating student. The person giving such a speech is known as a commencement speaker. Very commonly, colleges or universities will invite politicians, important citizens, or other noted speakers to come and address the graduating class.
A student speaker may deliver remarks either in lieu or in conjunction with a notable outside figure. Student commencement speakers are often valedictorians or may otherwise be elected by their peers to represent the student body.
Despite meaning "beginning", commencement may be mistaken to mean "ending" due to its association with the end of one's studies. Its usage originated with students finishing their studies and being awarded a degree, thus commencing as bachelors or masters in a subject and enjoying new privileges within academia.[1]
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Notable commencement speeches
- Winston Churchill at Harrow School in 1941[2][3]
- George C. Marshall at Harvard University in 1947: the Marshall Plan[4]
- John F. Kennedy's American University speech in 1963[2]
- Richard Feynman at the California Institute of Technology in 1974: "Cargo cult science"[5]
- Joseph Brodsky at the University of Michigan in 1988: "Speech at the Stadium"[6]
- Steve Jobs at Stanford University in 2005[7]
- David Foster Wallace at Kenyon College in 2005: "This Is Water"[8]
- Conan O'Brien at Dartmouth College in 2011[9]
- Peter Thiel, Hamilton College in 2016[10][11]
- Donald Trump, Liberty University in 2017[12]
- Hillary Clinton, Wellesley College in 2017[13][14]
- Taylor Swift, New York University, in 2022[15][16]
- Mark Rober, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in 2023[17][18]
See also
References
- ^ Online etymology dictionary. "commencement (n.)". Retrieved 2020-01-26.
- ^ a b "Top 10 Commencement Speeches". Time magazine. Archived from the original on May 20, 2009. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- ^ "The 10 Best Graduation Speeches of All Time: Winston Churchill, Former UK PM". CNBC. 13 May 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- ^ Hanhimäki, Jussi M.; Westad, Odd Arne, eds. (2004). The Cold War: A History in Documents and Eyewitness Accounts. Oxford University Press. p. 122. ISBN 9780199272808.
- ^ Feynman, Richard P. (June 1974). "Cargo Cult Science" (PDF). California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
- ^ Brodsky, Joseph. "Speech at the Stadium".
- ^ ""You've Got to Find What you Love", Jobs Says". Stanford News. 2005-06-12. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- ^ Levine, Sam (2016-05-20). "David Foster Wallace's Famous Commencement Speech Almost Didn't Happen". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ^ Conan O'Brien Delivers Dartmouth's Commencement Address, retrieved 2023-06-24
- ^ Staff, Entrepreneur (23 May 2016). "Peter Thiel Commencement Speech, Hamilton College, May 2016 (Transcript)". entrepreneur.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ Holly Foster (May 22, 2016). "PayPal Co-Founder Peter Thiel Urges Class of 2016 to "Do What Hasn't Been Done"". Hamilton.edu. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ^ "Trump at Liberty University commencement: 'In America, we don't worship government; we worship God'". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
- ^ Bidgood, Jess; Seelye, Katharine Q. (2017-05-26). "At Wellesley, Hillary Clinton Criticizes Trump and Invokes Nixon Resignation". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ^ Diamond, Anna. "What Hillary Clinton Said to the Wellesley Class of 2017". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ^ Brisco, Elise (May 18, 2022). "All the pomp, circumstance: Taylor Swift delivers NYU commencement speech, receives honorary degree". USA Today. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ Logan, Elizabeth (May 20, 2022). "Read every word of Taylor Swift's Inspiring NYU graduation speech". Glamour. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ Sudborough, Susannah. "Watch YouTube star Mark Rober's MIT commencement address". www.boston.com. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ I Gave the MIT Commencement Speech for 2023, retrieved 2023-06-10
External links
- The art of the commencement speech, an archive
- Excerpts from commencement speeches by Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and J.K. Rowling
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