Notable 2012 Graduation Speeches

By on Jun 20th, 2012 | Daily Grind

It’s time for another crop of graduates to get sunburns on their big day. While there will be many many speakers that graduates will never remember, much like I don’t remember mine, there are a few that we’ve been looking forward to. Here are nine speeches that inspired us this year.

Adam Savage at Sarah Lawrence College

 

Peter Dinklage at Bennington

 

Brian Williams at George Washington University

 

Barack Obama at Barnard

 

Michelle Obama at Oregon State University

 

Niel Gaiman at University of the Arts

 

Steve Carell at Princeton University

 

Bill Cosby at Temple University

 

And possibly the most shared and perhaps unexpected speech of the year, from Wellesley High School in Wellesley, Mass.

No, I didn’t include Andy Sandburg’s speech at Harvard, because it’s ridiculous.

Photo by pthread1981 via cc.

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