"If the world's going to get better, it going to be up to you," Barack Obama said on Saturday, in one of two virtual commencement speeches he gave the class of 2020 Maria Pasquini is the staff ...

True to many commencement addresses -- especially for high school -- Obama asked the graduates what they intended to do to live up to the responsibility laid on their shoulders after graduation ...

The argument goes that Catholic colleges should decouple dialogue with civic leaders from graduation ceremonies and honorary ...

Fifteen years ago, President Barack Obama was the sixth president to be the University of Notre Dame commencement speaker and the ninth president to be awarded an honorary degree by the university.

Obama, standing by the Oval Office ... Ahead of his high school graduation from the International School of Uganda on May 27, Jacob got the chance to reflect on that viral moment and to reconnect ...

Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo of MIT will give the baccalaureate address on Saturday, June 7. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Valerie ...

Valerie Jarrett, a former senior advisor to President Barack Obama, will deliver the 2025 commencement address on June 8. The ...

Graduating from college is a big deal. Anyone who’s ever pursued higher education knows that there’s something different about managing a college workload versus high school or the lower grades.