Country music star Eric Church earned praise for delivering the “greatest” commencement speech with his now-viral address to University of North Carolina graduates — after working on the piece for ...

Hilary Duff, Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Jackman are among the celebrities imparting their words of wisdom to 2026 college graduates Several musicians, athletes, actors and authors have been tapped ...

Editor’s Note: This story is a part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering leadership, personal development and success through the lens of sports. Follow Peak here. One day last June, during a steady ...

Congratulations. After four years of hard work, you—or your son or daughter, or grandson or granddaughter, or neighbor or niece, or other sort of ramen eater—are graduating from college. It wasn’t ...

Delivering a university commencement address used to simply be a unique kind of honor. Speakers stand before a podium, wearing a traditional graduation cap and robe, and offer graduates life lessons ...

In June, the only thing worse than receiving an ugly tie for Father’s Day is having to endure a dull commencement speech. I ...

Each year, millions of students across the country graduate from college. To celebrate the major milestone, their schools host week-long celebrations culminating with commencement ceremonies where ...

Hilary Duff delivers the Northeastern University's 2026 Commencement Speech on April 29, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts; Hugh Jackman delivers Ball State University's 2026 Commencement Speech on May 2, ...