A good commencement speech is not aimed at posterity, proffered to everyone for all time. Instead, it is a temporary moment in which a speaker brings a community together in the moment they share ...

There are many milestones in life, but none quite as monumental as a graduation. It represents the end of a chapter, an accomplishment, and a transition from one life stage to the next. For the ...

Unapologetically Black was the name of FLOTUS’ game. “Our history provides us with a better story, a better blueprint for how we can win. It teaches us that when we pull ourselves out of those lowest ...

Eric Church’s UNC commencement speech is going viral. Read the whole thing and understand through the transcript why it is so moving.

Something funny has happened to the familiar commencement address in the past 10 years. That something is YouTube. Steve Jobs' 2005 address at Stanford, to take just one example, has been viewed ...

"My humanity is defined by yours.” Elie Wiesel, Dartmouth Commencement, 2006 In 1990, as I sat at my college graduation in my pale blue cap and gown, not listening to the commencement speaker, I never ...

Eric Church gave a commencement speech at UNC-Chapel Hill's 2026 ceremony, using his guitar as a metaphor for the principles of life. Watch it here.

His sweeping insights into what's important in a human life resonated with millions.

The singer used the six strings of his guitar as a metaphor for the six foundations of the lives that lay ahead of the graduating class — faith, family, partnership, ambition and resilience, community ...