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Jimmy Fallon delivers graduation address to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
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Jimmy Fallon delivers graduation address to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 4, 2018

Jimmy Fallon didn’t surprise students in Parkland, Fla., on Sunday, so much as he made good on a promise he’d made to some of them …

Kumail Nanjiani delivers commencement address at alma mater Grinnell College for Class of 2017
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Kumail Nanjiani delivers commencement address at alma mater Grinnell College for Class of 2017

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 24, 20171

Kumail Nanjiani, who graduated from Grinnell College in 2001, returned 16 years later to deliver the commencement address at his alma mater. Nanjiani joked about …

Maria Bamford commencement address to University of Minnesota class of 2017
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Maria Bamford commencement address to University of Minnesota class of 2017

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 19, 2017

Maria Bamford graduated from the University of Minnesota with a creative writing degree in 1993, and returned 24 years later to deliver a creative and …

Will Ferrell delivers the USC commencement for Class of 2017
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Will Ferrell delivers the USC commencement for Class of 2017

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 12, 2017May 12, 2017

Will Ferrell, a 1990 graduate of the University of Southern California, returned to USC today to deliver the commencement address to the class of 2017. …

Norm Macdonald reveals keys to success in this 2014 “commencement” address
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Norm Macdonald reveals keys to success in this 2014 “commencement” address

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 30, 2014May 30, 2014

It’s commencement time. Why sit through 15-minute or half-hour speeches, when all you really want to hear is some sound advice. Here is Norm Macdonald …

Charlie Day returns to Merrimack College to deliver 2014 commencement
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Charlie Day returns to Merrimack College to deliver 2014 commencement

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 22, 2014May 22, 2014

Charlie Day showed up on campus at Merrimack College in 1994. Twenty years later, Day ’98, returned to deliver an inspiring commencement address to Merrimack’s …

Tim Minchin’s brilliant 9 life lessons, from his address to University graduates
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Tim Minchin’s brilliant 9 life lessons, from his address to University graduates

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 26, 2013September 26, 20132

Thank you for Tim Minchin. Minchin, a brilliant musician and comedian from Australia who made his comedy name in the U.K. and wrote the music …

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