‘Tis commencement season, and so without further ado, we present TVNewser’s fifth annual list of who’s-speaking-where-and-when at America’s colleges and universities (in alphabetical order):
ABC/CNN’s Christiane Amanpour: University of Southern California – Annenberg School of Journalism, May 11
NBC’s Tom Brokaw: Arizona State University , May 3…Vanderbilt University (TN) – Senior Class Day, May 10
FNC’s SVP of News Editorial Michael Clemente: Warren County Community College (NJ), May 19
ABC’s Katie Couric: University of Virginia, May 20
NBC’s Tom Costello: University of Colorado, Journalism & Mass Communication, May 10.
NBC’s David Gregory: Emerson College (MA), May 14
CNN/CBS’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta: University of Michigan, previously on April 28
NBC’s Savannah Guthrie: Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY), May 13
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry: Wellesley College (MA), May 25
PBS’s Maria Hinojosa: Simmons College (MA) – Morning Commencement, May 18
NBC’s Lester Holt: Pepperdine University (CA), previously on April 28
PBS’s Gwen Ifill: Holy Names University (CA), May 12… Bates College (ME), May 26
More after the jump, including Koppel, Lehrer, Sawyer, Schieffer, and three Williamses (Brian, Juan, and Pete)
NBC’s Ted Koppel: University of Massachusetts-Amherst, May 11
PBS’s Jim Lehrer: College of William and Mary (VA), May 13
CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux: Creighton University (NE), May 12
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien: University of Delaware, May 26
CBS News President David Rhodes: Arizona State University – Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, May 4
ABC’s Cokie Roberts: University of Illinois, May 13
ABC’s Diane Sawyer: Brown University (RI) – Honorary Degree, May 27
CBS’s Bob Schieffer: Louisiana State University -Manship School of Mass Communication (LA), May 18
PBS’s Ray Suarez: Sewanee: The University of the South (TN) – Honorary Degree, May 12… The City College of New York, June 1
NBC’s Anne Thompson: College of Saint Benedict (MN), May 12
CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin: University of Nebraska Law School, May 5.
FNC’s Chris Wallace: Rhodes College (TN), May 11
ABC’s Barbara Walters: Yale University (CT) – Class Day speaker, May 20
NBC’s Brian Williams: The George Washington University (DC), May 20
FNC’s Juan Williams: Grand Valley State University (MI) – Colleges of Education, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Liberal Arts & Sciences, previously on April 28
NBC’s Pete Williams: University of Wyoming – College of Arts and Sciences, May 5
ABC’s Bob Woodruff: Boston College, May 21
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria: Duke University (NC), May 13… Harvard University (MA), May 24