From: ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live (Los Angeles, CA)
On ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, Ed Helms tells Jimmy Kimmel: “I’m giving the commencement speech at Knox College in Illinois… My (honorary degree) will be an actual medical degree, so I’m going to be doing some recreational thoracic surgery…” Read more…
From: Huffington Post
As much as we’re looking forward to hearing what current and former presidents, major CEOs and acclaimed journalists have to say this graduation season, let’s be honest: The celebrity commencement speeches are the ones everyone will be talking about…
So the question is simply, which of the folks below is going to come out with the line that gets everybody talking?
Check out the lineup… Stephen Colbert [who spoke at Knox in 2006] will be the keynote speaker at the University of Virginia’s 2013 Valedictory Exercises on May 18… Actor Ed Helms will speak at Knox College on June 8… Read more…
From: WGIL (Galesburg, IL)
At Knox College Monday night, John Agnew , a leading scholar on nationalism and immigration, spoke on global immigration trends. A distinguished professor of geography at UCLA, he spoke about building a framework to think about the current debate on immigration policy, and that three percent of the global population is living outside their country of birth… Read more…
From: The Register Mail (Galesburg, IL)
A two-day Peacebuilding Conference at Knox College this weekend celebrated the five-year anniversary of its unprecedented status in being the first college in the United States to implement a Peace Corps Prep Program for its students…
The weekend event was comprised mainly of panel discussions with participants in the program returning to Knox College to recount their stories. Judy K. Olsen, former Acting director of the Peace Corps, was the keynote speaker Friday. Saturday saw 15 different speakers discuss the impact the Peace Corps has had on their lives… Read more…
From: The Washington Post (Washington, DC)
Knox College got a triple “Colbert Bump” in a March 7 Washington Post article, and in a linked photo gallery, on commencement speakers: “Who is speaking where at 2013 commencement ceremonies? Here’s some of the big names and the places they will appear… The University of Virginia has Steven Colbert speaking May 18…
Colbert’s 2006 commencement speech at Knox College was hysterical: ‘When you enter the workforce, you will find competition from those crossing our all-too-porous borders. Now I know you’re all going to say, Stephen, Stephen, immigrants built America. Yes, but here’s the thing — it’s built now. I think it was finished in the mid-70s sometime. At this point it’s a touch-up and repair job..’… The article also boosted Colbert’s address at Knox in 2006 as one of the “funniest commencement speeches.”… Read more… and more and more
From: Columbus Republic (Columbus, IN)
Television star Ed Helms of “The Office” comedy series will deliver the commencement address June 8 at Knox College in Galesburg. Helms will receive an honorary degree that day along with Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Lawrence Breitborde. Breitborde is vice president for academic affairs and dean at Knox… Read more…
