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Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Redford to college graduates: World needs you; be fearless

Posted: 24 May 2015 04:27 PM PDT

WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Two-time Academy Award winner Robert Redford is encouraging college graduates to be fearless in a world of challenges and to become collaborators with others and the environment to overcome life's daunting difficulties.

Iconic filmmaker John Waters to receive honorary RISD degree

Posted: 24 May 2015 09:36 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 21, 2008 file photo, writer and director John Waters poses for a portrait at his home in New York. Waters will give the commencement address at Rhode Island School of Design on Saturday, May 30, 2015, and will receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the school. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Iconic filmmaker John Waters says he was surprised to be offered an honorary degree from a prestigious Rhode Island art school. After all, he was thrown out of every school he ever went to.


10 Commencement Speeches With Real Advice for Grads

Posted: 24 May 2015 08:43 AM PDT

10 Commencement Speeches With Real Advice for GradsIt's college graduation season, and as in years past, these kinds of inspirational sentiments are being proclaimed in commencement speeches coast to coast. While encouraging words from some of the nation's most prominent leaders never hurt, some of this year's crop of speakers are bringing real talk to grads who are about to leave the bubble of the college campus and step into the real world. The former secretary of state addressed how the American dream "unravels and the social fabric is torn" when we let hate divide us.


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