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- Most commencement speeches tend to follow a similar formula.
- However, some are so inspiring they are remembered long after graduation.
- Presidents, Nobel Prize winners, CEOs, and comedians have all inspired graduates with their words.
Commencement speeches are often an opportunity for media moguls, celebrities, and CEOs to impart wisdom to the graduating classes of colleges and universities across the country.
Presidents have also used commencement speeches as more casual environments to drive home the values of their administrations, such as John F. Kennedy's 1963 speech at American University that called for peace.