Associated Press/Josh Reynolds Hillary Clinton delivered the commencement address at Wellesley College on Friday. Her speech marked the third time she’s spoken at her alma mater’s commencement and came 48 years after she did so for the first time at her own graduation. The former first lady, U.S. senator, and Democratic presidential nominee never mentioned […]
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Mark Zuckerberg has returned to Harvard — Here’s how to watch his commencement address
Facebook 12 years after he famously dropped out of Harvard to run Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg finally returned on Thursday to receive his degree. Zuckerberg will give the commencement address for his alma mater’s class of 2017, making the 33-year-old CEO the youngest commencement speaker in Harvard’s history. You can watch Zuckerberg’s speech live at 3 pm […]
‘Buy Rosetta Stone & learn Russian’: John Kerry bashes Trump at Harvard commencement
Former Secretary of State John Kerry took some light-hearted and more serious jabs at President Donald Trump during a commencement address at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, including allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Kerry returned to Massachusetts, the state he represented in the US Senate for 28 years, to address graduates […]
Watch students walk out during Pence’s commencement speech
Graduates from Notre Dame walked out of Vice President Mike Pence’s commencement speech in a protest that had some audience members booing. Feedburner
Education Secretary DeVos booed at historic black college during commencement speech
Shouts and boos disrupted Education Secretary Betsy DeVos during her first official commencement speech, with one student escorted out of the ceremony by security. Many at the historically black Bethune-Cookman University simply turned their backs on her. DeVos and hundreds of graduates arriving at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Wednesday were met […]