Forbes Living notes:
it's commencement season. Usually
delivered by a roster of successful, dignified but dry and eminently
forgettable speakers, the commencement speech is often seen by the
capped-and-gowned graduates as a formality merely to be endured before they can
get their hands on their diplomas and say goodbye to school. But this season, there are some notable
exceptions to this sometimes boring tradition.
To have a celebrity speaker show up -- unannounced -- or an artist of
words or music, can make a student's commencement ceremony something that will
actually be remembered in the decades to come.
Forbes Living salutes the Class of 2014 along with some notable commencement speakers.
We at the Forbes Living TV show would like to be there to
hear some of the commencement day speeches being delivered this year. Actress and producer Sandra Bullock surprised
the students at a New Orleans high
school by walking onstage and delivering a poignant speech. She had also made a donation to the school's
reconstruction efforts following Hurricane Katrina. Jill Abramson, freshly fired from her
position as Executive Editor of the New York Times had some memorable things to
say to Wake Forest
University graduates. Singer John Legend spoke at his alma mater,
the University of Pennsylvania. Actor Ed Helms, swimmer Diana Nyad and CEO of
YouTube, Susan Wojcicki, are all scheduled to speak at schools later this month.
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