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David Foster Wallace: This is Water

Michael — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:41:59 +0000

This speech at the 2005 Kenyon College commencement ceremony given by David Foster Wallace instantaneously made it to my Top Ten list of commencements addresses.

Thanks to Jan for pointing out this amazing speech.

Stephen Colbert: 2011 Commencement Speech at Northwestern University

Michael — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:36:14 +0000

Stephen Colbert delivered the commencement address at his alma mater, Northwestern University, in 2011.

Found at PresentationZen.

Conan O’Brien: 2011 Dartmouth College Commencement Address

Michael — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:44:39 +0000

Conan O’Brien addresses the Dartmouth College’s graduation class of 2011.

Tom Hanks: Yale Commencement Speech 2011

Michael — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:23:18 +0000

Tom Hanks gave the commencement speech at Yale in 2011.

Bill Clinton: Harvard Commencement Speech 2007

Michael — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:01:02 +0000

Bill Clinton came to Harvard in 2007 to talk about the similarities and not the differences in human beings.

Bill Cosby: Commencement Address (Carnegie Mellon)

Michael — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:18:36 +0000

Bill Cosby delivers one hell of a commencement speech at Carnegie Mellon.

Mary Schmich: Everybody’s free (to wear sunscreen)

Michael — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:28:17 +0000

This is the famous essay “Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young” that is often mistaken as a commencement speech by Kurt Vonnegut.

Transcript

Jeff Bezos: graduation speech at Princeton University

Michael — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:45:54 +0000

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos delivered the Baccalaureate address at Princeton University.

Introduction by Shirley M. Tilghman. The speech starts at 6:20.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Emory Commencement Adress 2010

Michael — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:21:00 +0000

Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered a funny commencement address at Emory University.

Daniel Pink: MCAD Commencement speech 2008

Michael — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:44:06 +0000

Daniel Pink, former speech writer of Al Gore, delivered the commencement address at Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2008.