"College commencement" refers to the graduation ceremony held by a college or university to mark the completion of a student's academic program. It is a celebration where students receive their degrees and diplomas, symbolizing their successful completion of their studies.
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As college commencement approaches, you may be eagerly thinking about tossing that cap in the air and receiving your diploma.
At 10:30 a.m., Assemblyman Michael Blake delivers the Hostos Community
College commencement address, Hostos Main Theater, 450 Grand Concourse, the Bronx.
Watch Peter Thiel's 2016
Hamilton College Commencement address and read the transcript below (or read a list of highlights from other 2016 commencement speeches).
As someone who has participated in
more college commencements than he'd care to remember, and who has written and delivered an honorary doctorate citation for a political figure with whom he quite vehemently disagreed, I think I have some advice for my colleagues on other campuses.
With college commencement season upon us again, it is time to revisit Steve Jobs» famous June 12, 2005 Commencement Speech at Stanford University.
Also at 3:30 p.m., Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer speaks at CUNY Macaulay
Honors College Commencement, United Palace Theater, 4140 Broadway, Manhattan.
Also at 10 a.m., members of NYC's Haitian community demand that Medgar Evers College Pres rescind the invitation to Hillary Clinton to deliver the Medgar
Evers College commencement address, 1650 Bedford Ave., the Bronx.
At 4 p.m., NYC Consumer Affairs Commissioner Lorelei Salas and Black Lives Matter activist Alicia Garza keynote the LaGuardia
Community College commencement, Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn.
In her 1969
college commencement address Stephanie decried overpopulation and natural resource exploitation, and vowed to never have children — a statement The New York Times called «perhaps the most anguished... of the year's crop of valedictory speeches.»
At 10:30 a.m., Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer speaks at the Guttman Community
College commencement, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers St., Manhattan.
I wore last week for
my college commencement ceremony.
Senator, students talk ThinSats Fresh from
a college commencement address, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner listened intently Saturday afternoon as students and teachers from elementary, middle and high schools briefed him on their mission to put tiny remote - sensing...
The day of
his college commencement — he graduated with a degree in finance — he was the fastest rookie qualifier at the 1982 Indy 500.
or Anna Quindlen» sA Short Guide to a Happy Life, adapted from
a college commencement address she gave.
Bey was introducing Marshall, an honorary degree recipient at the May 14
college commencement.