The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/convocation/)
After two undeniably successful campus visits in the past two years, Ann Coulter ’84 will return to Ithaca for a third (and hopefully final) hurrah as the Class of 2024 Convocation Speaker.
The three best speeches I’ve ever heard have been given by presidents: former President George W. Bush’s 2021 address at SMU; former President Barack Obama’s keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention; and Martha Pollack’s 2023 convocation address.
I have seen twelve-years’ worth of boys-schools’ convocations, which left me with limited expectations on the Sunday after O-Week. As President Pollack began her speech, though, comfortable behind her wooden Cornell University podium, I knew she was confident in her message. As her speech unfolded, I felt myself filled with hope. Hope for my future here. Hope for my classmates’ futures. Hope for the future of the school. And hope in knowing through all of Cornell’s rigid toughness, my classmates and I will make it through.
In his speech at the 2023 Senior Convocation Ceremony, Ken Jeong drew on his experience quitting his job as a doctor to become a comedian to demonstrate the power of taking risks.
Actor and comedian Ken Jeong will serve as the Class of 2023 Senior Convocation keynote speaker on Thursday, May 25.
On April 21, the University announced that actress Constance Wu, who starred in “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Fresh Off the Boat,” will be the 2022 Senior Convocation keynote speaker.
After months of deliberations, the convocation committee announced Thursday that author Roxane Gay will be the convocation speaker for the Class of 2021.
Nye told graduates of Cornell University’s class of 2019 that this time was the most exciting time of human history. In a speech littered with science jokes and references to his eponymous show, Nye touched on everything from climate change to education for women.
Bill Nye ’77 will be the 2019 convocation speaker, the Convocation Committee announced after the Student Assembly meeting on Thursday afternoon.
The Convocation Committee is continuing to search for a speaker, but author and Yale Prof. Roxane Gay is serious about one suggestion: pick her.
The comedian’s last-minute cancellation, and a contentious divestment vote immediately preceding the scheduled announcement, placed Convocation Committee leaders in a difficult predicament.