Sune Auken<p>Hey <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MastoBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoBrain</span></a>.</p><p>Why is a university graduation ceremony sometimes called a commencement? What commences? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Graduation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Graduation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Commencement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commencement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SecondLanguageSpeakerBrainache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondLanguageSpeakerBrainache</span></a></p>
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Just Jim<p>For <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commencement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commencement</span></a> enthusiasts, check out the great <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speech</span></a> at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wesleyan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wesleyan</span></a> University by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProtectDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectDemocracy</span></a> Executive Director <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@ianbassin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ianbassin</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.wesleyan.edu/rc/commencement2025/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wesleyan.edu/rc/commencement20</span><span class="invisible">25/index.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/graduation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>graduation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collectiveaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collectiveaction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classof2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classof2025</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>Trump told West Point grads at commencement: “A lot of TROPHY WIVES doesn’t work out. (sic) But it made them happy for a little while at least.”</p><p>Dead silence.</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=_vi2w9gIWus&feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=_vi2w9gIWu</span><span class="invisible">s&feature=shared</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> rambles about '<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trophywives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trophywives</span></a>' during <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WestPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestPoint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commencement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commencement</span></a> speech<br><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-trophy-wife/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">rawstory.com/trump-trophy-wife/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Jonathan Bailey<p>Musician Elevyn Harris spoke at Smith College's commencement. However, the speech was plagiarized, causing her to return her honorary degree.</p><p><a href="https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/05/21/graduation-speaker-plagiarizes-speech-returns-honorary-degree/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">plagiarismtoday.com/2025/05/21</span><span class="invisible">/graduation-speaker-plagiarizes-speech-returns-honorary-degree/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Plagiarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plagiarism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StateCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCollege</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Graduation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Graduation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Commencement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commencement</span></a></p>
knizer<p><a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonWeekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BostonWeekend</span></a> 43/x<br>Graduation season continues through June and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hmelman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hmelman</span></a></span> <br>was kind enough to compile this listing of <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> area graduation ceremony activities</p><p>5/16 <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Simmons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Simmons</span></a> Commencement at MGM Music Hall at Fenway<br>- 5/17 <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Bentley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bentley</span></a> Commencement at Bentley University Football Stadium<br>- 5/17 <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Lesley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lesley</span></a> Commencement at the Leader Bank Pavilion<br>- 5/18 <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BU</span></a> Commencement at Nickerson Field<br>- 5/18 <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Tufts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tufts</span></a> Commencement at Tufts Green<br>5/18 <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Suffolk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Suffolk</span></a> Univ Commencement at Leader Bank Pavilion<br>- 5/18 <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Brandeis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brandeis</span></a> Commencement at Brandeis Gosman Sports and Convention Center<br>- 5/19 <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BC</span></a> Commencement at Boston College Alumni Stadium<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hmelman/114343656070549380" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@hmelman/11434</span><span class="invisible">3656070549380</span></a><br><a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/graduation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>graduation</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Congratulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congratulations</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Commencement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commencement</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a></p>
Peter Link 🍉 🇨🇺<p>from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NewYorkTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkTimes</span></a> <br>Students Walk Out in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> at <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Commencement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commencement</span></a></p><p>Anger at the university’s decision to bar 13 seniors from the ceremony in the wake of campus demonstrations over the war in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> was a flashpoint</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DefendStudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendStudentProtesters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USHandsOffICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USHandsOffICC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SolidarityWithPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolidarityWithPalestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NotAntisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotAntisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CeasefireNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CeasefireNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EndUSAidToIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndUSAidToIsrael</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DivestFromIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivestFromIsrael</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StopGazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopGazaGenocide</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/us/harvard-graduation-protests-antisemitism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU0.srtN.iwCeJSWetMWB&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/05/23/us/harv</span><span class="invisible">ard-graduation-protests-antisemitism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU0.srtN.iwCeJSWetMWB&smid=url-share</span></a></p>
The Conversation U.S.<p>A march by Edward Elgar is the traditional soundtrack for American college commencements and high school graduations. It’s a stirring bit of music, but perhaps an odd choice, given its roots as a celebration of the British king.</p><p>Here’s a brief history of how it happened:<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-a-british-military-march-became-the-distinctive-sound-of-american-graduations-230060" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/how-a-brit</span><span class="invisible">ish-military-march-became-the-distinctive-sound-of-american-graduations-230060</span></a><br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/commencement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commencement</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span> 🎓🎉</p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>U.S. President Joe Biden is set to give a commencement address this Sunday at Morehouse, a historically Black college in Atlanta that counts Dr. Martin Luther King among its graduates. But the president’s coming speech has sparked consternation from the graduating class. Some students see Biden using Morehouse as a political tool for Black votes in an election year, and others are considering ways to protest his Middle East policies without overshadowing the celebration for their families. NPR has more.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/y_IZKA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/y_IZKA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Morehouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Morehouse</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Commencement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commencement</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Graduation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Graduation</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/College" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>College</span></a></p>
Flipboard Culture Desk<p>The backlash over NFL player Harrison Butker's commencement address continues. NPR looks at the reaction to the Kansas City Chiefs kicker's speech, in which he said one of the most important titles a woman can hold is "homemaker," and railed against abortion rights, Pride Month, COVID-19 lockdowns, "dangerous gender ideologies" and the "cultural emasculation of men."</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/PC9vsq" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/PC9vsq</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Graduation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Graduation</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Commencement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commencement</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/HarrisonButker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisonButker</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NFL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NFL</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a></p>
Víctor Manuel Ramos<p>For its spring commencement on Saturday, D’Youville University, a private institution in Buffalo, had an A.I. robot named Sophia address a crowd of more than 2,000 students, faculty members and their families in a bold decision that drew mixed reactions. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@nytimes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nytimes</span></a></span> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/nyregion/dyouville-university-commencement-robot-speaker.html?smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/05/15/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/dyouville-university-commencement-robot-speaker.html?smid=nytcore-android-share</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/robotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robotics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Commencement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commencement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Dr. Ryan Straight<p>It's that time once again. <a href="https://hci.social/tags/commencement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commencement</span></a></p>
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