In keeping with TVNewser tradition, we hereby present our eleventh annual list of who’s-speaking-where-and-when at college and university commencements this year.
NBC’s Tom Brokaw had been scheduled to speak at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut May 13, but has withdrawn following Thursday’s report that he sexually harassed former colleague Linda Vester 24 years ago. The speeches start today, with:
CNN’s Van Jones: Lane College (TN), April 28
Former ABC/NBC’er Jack Ford: University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg (PA), April 28
PBS’s Maria Hinojosa: Lewis & Clark College (OR), May 5
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer: Utah Valley University (UT), May 3… Robert Morris University (PA), May 6
CBS’s Margaret Brennan: Arizona State University – Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication (AZ), May 8
CBS’s David Begnaud: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (LA), May 11
CNN’s Jake Tapper: University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA), May 11
CBS Special Contributor Oprah Winfrey: University of Southern California – Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism (CA), May 11
CNN’s Dana Bash: Franklin Pierce University (NH), May 12
Bloomberg’s Michael Bloomberg: Rice University (TX), May 12
CBS’s Jeff Glor: Syracuse University – S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications (NY), May 12
CNN Commentator Maria Cardona: University of California, Merced – School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (CA), May 12
Former PBS/CNN’er Charlayne Hunter-Gault: Scripps College (CA), May 12
ABC’s David Muir: University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI), May 12
PBS Anchor and NBC/MSNBC Analyst Robert Costa: American University – School of Public Affairs (DC), May 13
PBS’s Judy Woodruff: Ripon College (WI), May 13
NBC/MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell: University of Pennsylvania (PA), May 14
ABC’s Deborah Roberts: Hudson County Community College (NJ), May 17
FNC’s Arthel Neville: University of Texas at Austin – Moody College of Communication (TX), May 18
ABC’s Byron Pitts: Winston-Salem State University (NC), May 18
NBC’s Kate Snow: Iona College – Graduate Ceremony (NY), May 19
CNN’s Michael Smerconish: Delaware Valley University (PA), May 19
CNBC’s Jim Cramer: Bucknell University (PA), May 20
NBC/MSNBC Analyst Howard Fineman: Gettysburg College (PA), May 20
CNN Analyst April Ryan: Bennett College (NC), May 5… Claflin University (SC), May 12… Bard College at Simon’s Rock (MA), May 19… Goucher College (MD), May 25
CBS’s Bob Schieffer: Williams College (MA), June 3
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes: City University of New York – Macaulay Honors College (NY), June 7
NBC/MSNBC’s Katy Tur: University of California, Santa Barbara – Humanities & Fine Arts/Social Sciences Ⅱ (CA), June 17
NBC’s Sheinelle Jones: Northwestern University – Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications (IL), June 23