Sentence examples for for a commencement from inspiring English sources

You have two minutes for a commencement speech.

Mr. Clinton is off on Saturday for a commencement address in Minnesota.

It was the first time that Rutgers had paid for a commencement speaker, though the practice is common among colleges and universities.

She stopped talking for a moment, then asked, "Does that sound totally Pollyanna-ish?" No, but it sounds like good material for a commencement speech.

Mr. Clinton learned of Mr. Assad's death before he took the stage for a commencement address at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn.

The critics at Columbia University who are angry that President Obama, a Columbia alumnus, selected Barnard for a commencement address flunked the seminar in issue management.

By E. J. Kahn The New Yorker, June 21 , 1941P. 34 List of equipment necessary for attending a commencement at a girls' college.

Earlier this year, Mr. Zakaria was criticized for giving a commencement speech at Harvard that was very similar to one he had given earlier at Duke.

Earlier this year, Mr. Zakaria was criticized for giving a commencement speech at Harvard that was very similar to the one he had earlier given at Duke.

Sometimes, if the money is there, we make a good buck (I've been paid $3K for a keynote or a commencement address); other times we work for travel expenses; and sometimes we do it for karmic improvement.

A call for Chuck Berry to be a commencement speaker.