Who’s Who in Graduation Speakers
This post was written by Stephanie Fader, Sr. Marketing Manager
It’s graduation season and that means lots of graduation parties are being planned right now on Punchbowl for graduation events big and small. While students finish final exams, celebrate Grad Week, and plan for the next phase of their lives, families are making travel arrangements and planning for the all-important graduation celebration.
They’re probably also wondering who will be the commencement speaker at their child’s graduation. A former President, perhaps? Maybe an Academy Award winner? How about a CEO or entrepreneur?
Class of 2011 commencement speakers run the gamut from Saturday Night Live alum to consumer-internet co-founder. Here’s a list of a few of this year’s commencement speakers:
- President Obama, United States Coast Guard Academy & Miami-Dade College
- First Lady Michelle Obama, University of Northern Iowa
- Former President Bill Clinton, New York University
- Denzel Washington, University of Pennsylvania
- Amy Poehler, Harvard University
- Tom Hanks, Yale University
- Brooke Shields, Princeton University
- Tom Brokaw, University of Montana
The list of commencement speakers goes beyond politicians and celebrities. This year, it’s nice to see a number of tech folks giving commencement addresses, including:
- Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak, Michigan State University
- Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Barnard College
- Twitter Co-founder Biz Stone, Babson College
Who was your commencement speaker? If you could choose a commencement speaker for an upcoming graduation, who would you choose and why?
If you have a graduation event to plan Punchbowl can help you pull it all together—from the invites to the venue to the decorations. Start planning your graduation event!
